verlassen

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fərˈlasən/, /fɛr-/, [fɐˈlasn̩], [fɛɐ̯-], [-sən] Hyphenation: ver‧las‧sen === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German verlāzen, Old High German firlāzan, from Proto-West Germanic *fralātan, from Proto-Germanic *fralētaną. Cognate with Dutch verlaten, archaic and/or dialectal English forlet, and Middle Low German vorlaten. Equivalent to ver- (“for-”) +‎ lassen (“let, leave”). ==== Verb ==== verlassen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present verlässt, past tense verließ, past participle verlassen, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to leave, to abandon; to depart, to forsake to leave, to desert, to dump (e.g. a partner in a romantic relationship) (figuratively) to pass away; to cease; to die (with direct object uns) (rare) to exit or close a computer program or app Synonym: schließen (reflexive) to trust; to rely on [with auf (+ accusative) ‘someone/something’] ===== Usage notes ===== Not used intransitively like leave (as in "He left."); for which consider gehen or sich entfernen ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Verlassen, Verlasser, Verlassung verlassend, verlässlich ===== Related terms ===== zuverlässig Zuverlässigkeit === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== verlassen past participle of verlassen ==== Adjective ==== verlassen (strong nominative masculine singular verlassener, comparative verlassener, superlative am verlassensten) lonely, forsaken (not comparable) abandoned, deserted ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Verlassen Verlassenheit verlässlich ==== Adverb ==== verlassen forlornly Synonym: verloren === See also === Verlies === Further reading === “verlassen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “verlassen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “verlassen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “verlassen” in Duden online