veranlassen
German, verb
veranlassen is spelled V-E-R-A-N-L-A-S-S-E-N (11 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written German, the 12,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Veranlassen is a German verb meaning “to cause, to prompt, to arrange for, to bring about” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Veranlassen is a different word: “gerund of veranlassen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Auftrag erteilen”.
What does veranlassen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cause, to prompt, to arrange for, to bring about
Die Proteste veranlassten die Regierung, ihre Einschränkungen der Meinungsfreiheit zu lockern.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of veranlassen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Auftrag erteilen 2. jemanden dazu bewegen, dass etwas Bestimmtes geschieht
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 veranlassen
- veranlasst present singular third-person
- veranlasste past
- haben auxiliary
- veranlassend participle present
- veranlasse first-person indicative present
- veranlassest second-person singular subjunctive
- veranlasset plural second-person subjunctive
- veranlassten first-person indicative plural
- veranlasstest indicative preterite second-person
- veranlasstet indicative plural preterite
- veranlass imperative second-person singular
- habe veranlasst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben veranlasst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- veranlass! imperative singular
- veranlasse! imperative singular
- veranlasst! imperative plural
- veranlasst haben active infinitive perfect
- veranlasst werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to veranlassen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is veranlassen in German?
veranlassen appears 5.0 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).