auflassen

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German

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Etymology

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auf- +‎ lassen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈaʊ̯fˌlasn̩]
  • Hyphenation: auf‧las‧sen

Verb

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auflassen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present lässt auf, past tense ließ auf, past participle aufgelassen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, informal) to keep open (e.g., a door, a window. etc.)
  2. (transitive, informal) to leave on a piece of headgear
  3. (transitive, chiefly Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany) to close down, to shut down, to abandon (e.g., a business, a mine, a station or stop. etc.)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • auflassen” in Duden online
  • auflassen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • auflassen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon