# das Verlies

das Verlies is a German noun meaning “dungeon”. Forms: des Verlieses, die Verliese.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Verlieses
- Plural: die Verliese

## In other languages

- Русский: подземелье, темница

## Meanings

1. dungeon (historic prison in a vault)
   - Gefangene Feinde ließ man in Verliesen unterhalb der Burg verhungern. — Captured enemies were starved to death in dungeons below the castle.
2. an underground prison or place of captivity
   - Der Entführer hielt sein Opfer in einem eigens gebauten Verlies im Keller seines Hauses. — The kidnapper held his victim in a specially built prison in the basement of his house.

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