anlassen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German anelāzen, from Old High German anelāzan. Equivalent to an- +‎ lassen. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: an‧las‧sen IPA(key): /ˈanˌlasən/, [ˈʔanˌlasn̩] === Verb === anlassen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present lässt an, past tense ließ an, past participle angelassen, auxiliary haben) to leave on (clothing) to keep on (a motor) to start (reflexive, colloquial) to get off to a (good, bad etc.) start 1912, Franz Kafka, Das Urteil, in: Arkadia. Ein Jahrbuch für Dichtkunst, Kurt Wolff Verlag (1913), page 53: to temper or anneal (dated, higher register) to rebuke ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Anlasser, Anlassung ==== Related terms ==== Anlassen Anlass === Further reading === “anlassen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “anlassen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “anlassen” in Duden online “anlassen” in OpenThesaurus.de