German verb · CEFR B2
überlassen
Meaning in English: to leave (to sb), to hand over
Example
Die Entscheidung überlassen wir ganz dir.
We'll leave the decision entirely to you.
How common is überlassen?
überlassen is number 4,735 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 59,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
überlassen is built from lassen (to let, to leave; to have done).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,731jenseitsbeyond, on the other side of
- 4,732die Präsidentinpresident (female)
- 4,733die Konzentrationconcentration
- 4,734informierteinformed (past tense)
- 4,735überlassento leave (to sb), to hand over
- 4,736persönlichespersonal
- 4,737brachbroke (past tense)
- 4,738gescheitertfailed
- 4,739der Motorengine, motor
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,735
- The most common German verbs#1,184
- German B2 vocabulary#1,159
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