erlassen

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German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔɛɐ̯ˈlasn̩/, /ʔɛɐ̯ˈlasən/
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Verb

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erlassen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present erlässt, past tense erließ, past participle erlassen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to issue (a law, an act); to promulgate, to enact (a regulation)
    • 2010, Der Spiegel[1], number 30/2010, page 92:
      Gerade erst hat Peking strenge Ausfuhrquoten für Seltene Erden erlassen – in der Hochtechnologie unentbehrliche Ressourcen, ohne die Hybridfahrzeuge, Hochleistungsmagnete und Festplattenlaufwerke nicht funktionieren.
      Just recently Beijing has issued strict export quotas for rare earths—indispensable resources in high technology, without which hybrid vehicles, high-performance magnets and hard-disk drives do not function.
  2. (transitive) to let off (a penalty)
  3. (transitive) to abate (debt, taxes)
  4. (transitive) to waive (a fee)
  5. (transitive) to remit (a liability)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • erlassen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • erlassen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • erlassen” in Duden online
  • erlassen” in OpenThesaurus.de