entlassen

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German

Etymology

From ent- +‎ lassen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɛntˈlasn̩/
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  • Hyphenation: ent‧las‧sen

Verb

entlassen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present entlässt, past tense entließ, past participle entlassen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (a prisoner or patient, or anyone held up, usually following a decision to do so) to release
    Er wurde aus dem Gefängnis entlassen.
    He was released from prison.
    Hypernym: erledigen (obsolete)
  2. (of an employment relationship) to dismiss
    Sie wurde von der Firma entlassen. (colloquial, German legal language uses neither word like this, save the latter in EU-harmonized contexts)
    She was fired from the company.
    1. (Austria) to fire, to sack (to dismiss without statutory notice period)
      Coordinate term: kündigen (to dismiss with statutory notice period)
      Synonyms: (Germany) außerordentlich kündigen, fristlos kündigen

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Further reading

  • entlassen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • entlassen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • entlassen” in Duden online
  • entlassen” in OpenThesaurus.de