erlassen

Meaning

  1. (class-7, strong, transitive) to issue (a law, an act); to promulgate, to enact (a regulation)
  2. (class-7, strong, transitive) to let off (a penalty)
  3. (class-7, strong, transitive) to abate (debt, taxes)
  4. (class-7, strong, transitive) to waive (a fee)
  5. (class-7, strong, transitive) to remit (a liability)

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʔɛɐ̯ˈlasn̩/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German erlāzen, from Old High German irlāzan, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀlātan. Equivalent to er- + lassen.

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