vorladen

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German

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  • Hyphenation: vor‧la‧den

Verb

vorladen (class 6 strong, third-person singular present lädt vor, past tense lud vor, past participle vorgeladen, past subjunctive lüde vor, auxiliary haben)

  1. to summons, to subpoena
    • c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925:
      Nun war es K. auch begreiflich, daß man sich beim ersten Verhör schämte, den Angeklagten auf den Dachboden vorzuladen und es vorzog, ihn in seiner Wohnung zu belästigen.
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