im Stich lassen

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German

Etymology

Compare Dutch in de steek laten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɪm ʃtɪç ˈlasn̩/, /ʔɪm ʃtɪç ˈlasən/
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Verb

im Stich lassen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present lässt im Stich, past tense ließ im Stich, past participle im Stich gelassen, auxiliary haben)

  1. to abandon, to leave someone in the lurch
    Synonyms: hängen lassen, sitzen lassen
    • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 162:
      Wäre Paula ernstlich gewillt gewesen, ihm zu folgen, nichts hätte sie hindern können, zur rechten Zeit dazusein. Aber sie hatte nicht gewollt, sie war nicht gekommen, sie hatte ihn im Stich gelassen.
      If Paula had been seriously willing to follow him, nothing could have prevented her to be there at the right time. But she had not wanted to, she had not come, she had abandoned him.

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