gestatten

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German gestaten, Old High German gistatōn.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈʃtatn̩/
    (file)

Verb[edit]

gestatten (weak, third-person singular present gestattet, past tense gestattete, past participle gestattet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to allow
    Synonyms: erlauben, genehmigen, bewilligen

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883), “gestatten”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading[edit]

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