Meaning

  1. (class-7,participle,past,strong,transitive) to allow; to permit; to let
  2. (auxiliary,causative,class-7,participle,past,strong,transitive) to have someone (do something); to have (something done); to make (something happen); to cause (something to be done)
  3. (class-7,participle,past,strong,transitive) to let remain, to leave (in a certain state)
  4. (class-7,participle,past,strong,transitive) to stop (something); to quit; to refrain from; to help doing (something)
  5. (class-7,intransitive,participle,past,strong) to cease; to desist

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

lah

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

loh

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

loo

Graubünden

Graubünden

loh

Zürich

Zürich

la

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

losse

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

lo

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as
las‧sen
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈlasn̩]
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German lāzen, from Old High German lāzan, 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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