lassen.
to allow; to permit; to let
Meaning & usage
to allow; to permit; to let
Die anderen lassen mich nicht mitmachen!
lasset alle Hoffnung fahren
to have someone (do something); to have (something done); to make (something happen); to cause (something to be done)
Wir haben neue Schränke für die Küche machen lassen.
Hast du dir die Haare schneiden lassen?
to allow, to permit (having an act done to oneself)
Ich lasse mich nicht gern umarmen.
can (followed by a passive infinitive in English), to be possible
Das Fenster lässt sich öffnen.
Daran lässt sich nichts ändern.
to let remain, to leave (in a certain state)
jemanden in Ruhe lassen
Mir ist es lieber, meine Haare grau zu lassen.
to let remain, to leave (in a certain state) to let be, to get off someone's back
Jetzt lass ihn doch, sowas macht ihm halt Spaß.
to stop (doing something), to refrain (from something), to not do
Lass den Quatsch und hör zu!
Im Nachhinein betrachtet hätte ich es vielleicht lieber lassen sollen.
to concede (a fact) to (someone); give
Du kannst ziemlich gut singen, das muss ich dir lassen.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German lāȥen, lān, from Old High German lāȥan, from Proto-West Germanic *lātan (“to let, allow”), from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to leave behind, allow”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to let, leave behind”). Cognates include Bavarian låssn, Dutch laten, English let.
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