zulassen
German, verb
zulassen is a German verb meaning “to allow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zulassen is a different word: “gerund of zulassen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas tolerieren, dulden”.
What does zulassen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to allow
- 2
(administrative) to license (a car, a professional); to admit (a student)
- 3
informalto keep something shut or closed
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zulassen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas tolerieren, dulden 2. eine Erlaubnis erteilen, Zugang zu etwas gewähren 3. etwas ermöglichen, die Möglichkeit zu etwas geben (auch passiv) 4. geschlossen halten
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 zulassen
- lässt zu present singular third-person
- ließ zu past
- zugelassen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- zulassend participle present
- zuzulassen infinitive infinitive-zu
- lasse zu first-person indicative present
- lassen zu first-person indicative plural
- lasst zu indicative plural present
- lassest zu second-person singular subjunctive
- lasset zu plural second-person subjunctive
- ließen zu first-person indicative plural
- ließe zu first-person singular subjunctive
- ließest zu indicative preterite second-person
- ließt zu indicative preterite second-person
- ließet zu plural second-person subjunctive
- lasse zu! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to zulassen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zulassen in German?
zulassen appears 13 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).