nachlassen
German, verb
nachlassen is spelled N-A-C-H-L-A-S-S-E-N (10 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 26,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachlassen is a German verb meaning “to subside, abate, taper off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Nachlässen is a different word: “dative plural of Nachlass”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “weniger intensiv werden; an Stärke verlieren, schwächer werden”.
What does nachlassen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to subside, abate, taper off
- 2
to let up, to ease off
- 3
to discount, mark down
- 4
desist, to stop doing something
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Nachlass
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. weniger intensiv werden; an Stärke verlieren, schwächer werden 2. den Preis von etwas reduzieren 3. erlassen, auf Rechte/Forderungen verzichten 4. (eine Leine, ein Seil, Zügel) entspannen
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 nachlassen
- lässt nach present singular third-person
- ließ nach past
- nachgelassen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- nachlassend participle present
- nachzulassen infinitive infinitive-zu
- lasse nach first-person indicative present
- lassen nach first-person indicative plural
- lasst nach indicative plural present
- lassest nach second-person singular subjunctive
- lasset nach plural second-person subjunctive
- ließen nach first-person indicative plural
- ließe nach first-person singular subjunctive
- ließest nach indicative preterite second-person
- ließt nach indicative preterite second-person
- ließet nach plural second-person subjunctive
- lasse nach! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to nachlassen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nachlassen in German?
nachlassen appears 1.8 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).