Verb

erlassen

to issue (a law, an act); to promulgate, to enact (a regulation)

B2 rank #4,349

Meanings

Verb

to issue (a law, an act); to promulgate, to enact (a regulation)
to let off (a penalty)
to abate (debt, taxes)
to waive (a fee)

In a sentence

Die Regierung hat ein neues Gesetz zum Schutz der Mieter erlassen.

The government has issued a new law to protect tenants.

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Forms

erlassen · erlässt · erließ · hat erlassen (+ Akkusativ)

erlassen is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #4,349 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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