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German
Pronunciation
Participle
gelassen
- past participle of lassen
Adjective
gelassen (strong nominative masculine singular gelassener, comparative gelassener or gelassner, superlative am gelassensten)
- calm
- serene, composed
1917, Ricarda Huch, Der Fall Deruga [The Deruga Case]:»Aus dem Brief geht allerdings hervor,« sagte der Vorsitzende mit gelassener Würde, »daß Sie mit Ihrer geschiedenen Frau seit Ihrer Scheidung in keiner Verbindung standen, daß Sie also damals von der Erbschaft nichts wußten.«- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Positive forms of gelassen
Comparative forms of gelassen
Superlative forms of gelassen
Further reading
- “gelassen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “gelassen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “gelassen” in OpenThesaurus.de