gestatten

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈʃtatn̩/
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Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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

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