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GERMAN VERB

zulassen

to allow, to let happen

  • #358 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: zugelassen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I allow
  2. du you allow
  3. er, sie, es he/she allows
  4. wir we allow
  5. ihr you all allow
  6. sie, Sie they allow

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I allowed
  2. du you allowed
  3. er, sie, es he/she allowed
  4. wir we allowed
  5. ihr you all allowed
  6. sie, Sie they allowed

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have allowed
  2. du you have allowed
  3. er, sie, es he/she has allowed
  4. wir we have allowed
  5. ihr you all have allowed
  6. sie, Sie they have allowed

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will allow
  2. du you will allow
  3. er, sie, es he/she will allow
  4. wir we will allow
  5. ihr you all will allow
  6. sie, Sie they will allow

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would allow
  2. du you would allow
  3. er, sie, es he/she would allow
  4. wir we would allow
  5. ihr you all would allow
  6. sie, Sie they would allow

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du allow!
  2. ihr allow! (all of you)
  3. Sie allow! (formal)

How to use zulassen

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    So etwas lasse ich in meinem Haus nicht zu.

    I won't allow that kind of thing in my house.

  2. Simple past

    Die Lehrerin ließ keine Ausnahme zu.

    The teacher allowed no exception.

  3. Perfect

    Warum hast du das zugelassen?

    Why did you let that happen?

  4. Future

    Der Chef wird keine Verspätung mehr zulassen.

    The boss won't allow any more lateness.

  5. Conditional

    Das würde ich als Vater nie zulassen.

    As a father I would never allow that.

  6. Imperative

    Lass nicht zu, dass sie dich so behandeln!

    Don't let them treat you like that!

Good to know

  • Zulassen is to allow something to happen, often in the negative: das lasse ich nicht zu. A car is also zugelassen, registered.

Where you hear zulassen

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

German · Advanced Level 1

  • Das lassen wir nicht zu. We won't let that happen.
  • Das haben wir nicht zugelassen. We didn't let that happen.
  • Morgen lassen wir das nicht zu. Tomorrow we won't let that happen.
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The Caretaker's Contract

Advanced Level 1 · Das lassen wir nicht zu, Herr Krause.

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