German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈʃtatn̩/
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Verb

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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

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References

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

Further reading

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  • 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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