Verlass

See also: verlass and Verlaß

German

Alternative forms

• Verlaß (pre-1996)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German verlāz (“inheritance; inaction”), from the same root as verlassen. The sense of reliance is a calque of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German verlāt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈlas/
• Rhymes: -as

Noun

Verlass m (genitive Verlasses, no plural)

1. reliance

Further reading

• “Verlass” in Duden online