losmachen
German, verb/ˈloːsˌmaxn̩/
losmachen is spelled L-O-S-M-A-C-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Losmachen is a German verb meaning “to detach” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bewirken, das etwas nicht mehr fest angebracht, verbunden ist; jemanden von seinen Fesseln befreien”.
What does losmachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to detach
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. bewirken, das etwas nicht mehr fest angebracht, verbunden ist; jemanden von seinen Fesseln befreien 2. sich von etwas frei machen 3. von etwas (zumeist als lästig, störend, unangenehm Empfundenen) loskommen; sich von einer Tätigkeit freimachen 4. vom Anlegeplatz (Kai oder dergleichen) wegfahren
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 losmachen
- macht los present singular third-person
- machte los past
- losgemacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- losmachend participle present
- loszumachen infinitive infinitive-zu
- mache los first-person indicative present
- machen los first-person indicative plural
- machst los indicative present second-person
- machest los second-person singular subjunctive
- machet los plural second-person subjunctive
- machten los first-person indicative plural
- machtest los indicative preterite second-person
- machtet los indicative plural preterite
- mach los! imperative singular
- mache los! imperative singular
- macht los! imperative plural
- losgemacht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce losmachen?
- /ˈloːsˌmaxn̩/
- [ˈloːsˌmaxn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to losmachen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is losmachen in German?
losmachen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).