gestatten
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German gestaten, Old High German gistatōn.[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editgestatten (weak, third-person singular present gestattet, past tense gestattete, past participle gestattet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to allow
- Synonyms: erlauben, genehmigen, bewilligen
Conjugation
editinfinitive | gestatten | ||||
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present participle | gestattend | ||||
past participle | gestattet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich gestatte | wir gestatten | i | ich gestatte | wir gestatten |
du gestattest | ihr gestattet | du gestattest | ihr gestattet | ||
er gestattet | sie gestatten | er gestatte | sie gestatten | ||
preterite | ich gestattete | wir gestatteten | ii | ich gestattete1 | wir gestatteten1 |
du gestattetest | ihr gestattetet | du gestattetest1 | ihr gestattetet1 | ||
er gestattete | sie gestatteten | er gestattete1 | sie gestatteten1 | ||
imperative | gestatt (du) gestatte (du) |
gestattet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “gestatten”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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