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Meet entlassen

Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.

All 3 meanings

  1. (a prisoner or patient, or anyone held up, usually following a decision to do so) to release
  2. (of an employment relationship) to dismiss
  3. (Austria) to fire, to sack (to dismiss without statutory notice period)
Forms

How entlassen changes

PronounPräsensPräteritum
ichentlasseentließ
duentlässtentließt
er/sie/esentlässtentließ
wirentlassenentließen
ihrentlasstentließt
Sieentlassenentließen

Partizip II entlassen · Perfekt with haben

Three examples

  1. 1
    Der Chef entlässt den Mann.The boss dismisses the man.dismiss someone
  2. 2
    Der Arzt hat mich gestern entlassen.The doctor discharged me yesterday.Perfekt with haben
  3. 3
    Die Polizei entlässt ihn, wenn alles klar ist.The police release him when everything is clear.verb at the end after wenn

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