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verlassen

Pronunciation: /fərˈlasən/

“verlassen” is a German word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to leave, to abandon; to depart, to forsake
  2. to leave, to desert, to dump (e.g. a partner in a romantic relationship)
  3. to pass away; to cease; to die (with direct object uns)
  4. to exit or close a computer program or app
  5. to trust; to rely on

adjective

  1. lonely, forsaken
  2. abandoned, deserted

adverb

  1. forlornly

Etymology

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”).

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