"Erlass" meaning in German

See Erlass in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɛrˈlas/, [ɛɐ̯ˈlas] Audio: De-Erlass.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -as Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,e:^e}} Erlass m (strong, genitive Erlasses, plural Erlasse or Erlässe) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,e:^e}} Forms: Erlasses [genitive], Erlasse [plural], Erlässe [plural], strong [table-tags], Erlass [nominative, singular], Erlasse [definite, nominative, plural], Erlässe [definite, nominative, plural], Erlasses [genitive, singular], Erlasse [definite, genitive, plural], Erlässe [definite, genitive, plural], Erlass [dative, singular], Erlasse [dative, singular], Erlassen [dative, definite, plural], Erlässen [dative, definite, plural], Erlass [accusative, singular], Erlasse [accusative, definite, plural], Erlässe [accusative, definite, plural], Erlaß [alternative]
  1. decree Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Erlass-de-noun-rVH2eKJw Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22
  2. remission, exemption, waiver Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Erlass-de-noun-7CoTiEIl Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Schuldenerlass, Steuererlass, Sündenerlass

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "Erlasses",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlasse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlässe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlass",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlasse",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlässe",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlasses",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlasse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlässe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlass",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlasse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlassen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlässen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlass",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlässe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlaß",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Er",
        "lass"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schuldenerlass"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Steuererlass"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Sündenerlass"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        },
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          "_dis": "78 22",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "decree"
      ],
      "id": "en-Erlass-de-noun-rVH2eKJw",
      "links": [
        [
          "decree",
          "decree"
        ]
      ],
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        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "remission, exemption, waiver"
      ],
      "id": "en-Erlass-de-noun-7CoTiEIl",
      "links": [
        [
          "remission",
          "remission"
        ],
        [
          "exemption",
          "exemption"
        ],
        [
          "waiver",
          "waiver"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛrˈlas/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɛɐ̯ˈlas]"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-as"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Erlass"
}

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    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "Rhymes:German/as/2 syllables"
  ],
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    },
    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlässe",
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      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlässe",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlasses",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlasse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlässe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlass",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlasse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlassen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlässen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlass",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlasse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlässe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erlaß",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "m,,e:^e"
      },
      "expansion": "Erlass m (strong, genitive Erlasses, plural Erlasse or Erlässe)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Er",
        "lass"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "m,,e:^e"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Schuldenerlass"
    },
    {
      "word": "Steuererlass"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sündenerlass"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "decree"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decree",
          "decree"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "remission, exemption, waiver"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remission",
          "remission"
        ],
        [
          "exemption",
          "exemption"
        ],
        [
          "waiver",
          "waiver"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛrˈlas/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɛɐ̯ˈlas]"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/De-Erlass.ogg/De-Erlass.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/De-Erlass.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-as"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Erlass"
}

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