German verb · CEFR C1
erlassen
Meaning in English: to issue (a law); to waive
Example
Die Stadt will ein Verbot für Feuerwerk erlassen.
The city wants to issue a ban on fireworks.
How common is erlassen?
erlassen is number 4,877 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 16 times per million words — about once every 62,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,873zumeistmostly, usually
- 4,874Wissenschaftensciences
- 4,875Geiselnhostages
- 4,876der Frühlingspring
- 4,877erlassento issue (a law); to waive
- 4,878Formateformats
- 4,879agierento act, to operate
- 4,880vollständigencomplete, full
- 4,881Begriffeterms, concepts
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