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Meet zulassen

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

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zu- + lassen

zu-
toward or into an allowed space
lassen
to let

You let someone or something come into the space of what is permitted.

So zulassen means to allow; to permit.

A memory aid, not a rule: prefixes change meaning from verb to verb.

Learning approach inspired by this explanation in r/German.

Verb family

More verbs built on lassen

Same base verb, a different prefix, a new meaning.

Separable verb: zu·lassen

In a main clause the prefix zu splits off and goes to the end. After weil, dass and other subordinating words, the verb stays in one piece at the end.

Main clauseDer Verein lässt neue Mitglieder zu.The club admits new members.
Subordinate clauseSie freut sich, weil die Schule den Antrag zulässt.She is happy because the school approves the application.
Participle: zugelassenzu-infinitive: zuzulassen
Forms

How zulassen changes

PronounPräsensPräteritum
ichlasse zuließ zu
dulässt zuließest zu
er/sie/eslässt zuließ zu
wirlassen zuließen zu
ihrlasst zuließt zu
Sielassen zuließen zu

Partizip II zugelassen · Perfekt with haben

Three examples

  1. 1
    Die Schule lässt Handys im Unterricht nicht zu.The school does not allow phones in class.present, prefix at the end
  2. 2
    Der Chef hat den Plan zugelassen.The boss approved the plan.Perfekt with haben
  3. 3
    Ich weiß, dass der Arzt den Besuch zulässt.I know that the doctor allows the visit.verb at the end after dass