belassen
German, verb
belassen is a German verb meaning “to leave something as it is” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Belassen is a different word: “gerund of belassen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas unangetastet, unverändert lassen”.
What does belassen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to leave something as it is
Belassen wir es dabei.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of belassen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas unangetastet, unverändert lassen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of belassen
- belässt present singular third-person
- beließ past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- belassend participle present
- belasse first-person indicative present
- belasst indicative plural present
- belassest second-person singular subjunctive
- belasset plural second-person subjunctive
- beließen first-person indicative plural
- beließe first-person formal rare
- beließest indicative preterite second-person
- beließt indicative preterite second-person
- beließet formal plural rare
- belass imperative second-person singular
- belass! imperative singular
- belasse! imperative singular
- belasst! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is belassen in German?
belassen appears 5.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).