herablassen
German, verb
herablassen is spelled H-E-R-A-B-L-A-S-S-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 95,383rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herablassen is a German verb meaning “to let down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Herablassen is a different word: “gerund of herablassen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas oder jemanden von oben nach unten holen/schicken/abseilen”.
What does herablassen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to let down
- 2
to condescend
noun
- 1
neutergerund of herablassen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas oder jemanden von oben nach unten holen/schicken/abseilen 2. (ohne dass es erwartet werden kann) helfen, sich gnädig bereiterklären, etwas zu tun oder Kontakt aufzunehmen
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 herablassen
- lässt herab present singular third-person
- ließ herab past
- herabgelassen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- herablassend participle present
- herabzulassen infinitive infinitive-zu
- lasse herab first-person indicative present
- lassen herab first-person indicative plural
- lasst herab indicative plural present
- lassest herab second-person singular subjunctive
- lasset herab plural second-person subjunctive
- ließen herab first-person indicative plural
- ließe herab first-person singular subjunctive
- ließest herab indicative preterite second-person
- ließt herab indicative preterite second-person
- ließet herab plural second-person subjunctive
- lass herab! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to herablassen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herablassen in German?
herablassen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).