gestatten

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈʃtatn̩/
    (file)

Verb

gestatten (third-person singular simple present gestattet, past tense gestattete, past participle gestattet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to allow

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • Aufenthaltsgestattung

References

  1. gestatten in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

Further reading

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