erlaubt

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German

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Participle

erlaubt

  1. past participle of erlauben

Adjective

erlaubt (strong nominative masculine singular erlaubter, not comparable)

  1. allowed, allowable, permissible
    • 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband), Rowohlt Verlag, page 120:
      Für die Massen ist die Nation der Inbegriff alles Mystischen, Imponderabilen, schlechthin Unbegreiflichen – auf diesem Gebiet ist alles erlaubt und kann alles verboten sein, hier wachsen die großen Männer, deren Größe an der Kleinheit der Umstehenden gemessen wird.
      For the masses the nation is the embodiment of all that is mystical, imponderable, plainly incomprehensible – in this area everything is allowed and everything can be forbidden, here the great men grow, whose greatness is measured against the smallness of the bystanders.

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Verb

erlaubt

  1. inflection of erlauben:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person plural present
    3. plural imperative

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