Erlass
German, noun
Erlass is spelled E-R-L-A-S-S (6 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written German, the 11,837th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erlass is a German masculine noun meaning “decree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, erlass is a different word: “singular imperative of erlassen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Anordnung, Anweisung mit amtlichem Charakter”.
What does Erlass mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedecree
- 2
masculineremission, exemption, waiver
verb
- 1
singular imperative of erlassen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Anordnung, Anweisung mit amtlichem Charakter 2. Befreiung von etwas
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 Erlass
- Erlasses genitive
- Erlasse plural
- Erlässe plural
- Erlassen dative definite plural
- Erlässen dative definite plural
- Erlaß alternative
- E. abbreviation
- Erl. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Erlass
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Erlass in German?
Erlass appears 5.2 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).