hinterlassen

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German

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Etymology

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hinter +‎ lassen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hɪntɐˈlasn̩/
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Verb

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hinterlassen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present hinterlässt, past tense hinterließ, past participle hinterlassen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to leave behind (after leaving a location)
    Die Hirsche hinterließ Spuren im Schnee.
    The deer left tracks in the snow.
    • 2010, Der Spiegel[1], number 5/2010, page 101:
      Ein 20-köpfiges Team von Top-Bergsteigern aus Nepal will sich Ende April auf den Weg in die Gipfelregion des Mount Everest machen, um den Zivilisationsmüll zu beseitigen, den frühere Expeditionen dort hinterlassen haben.
      A team of 20 top mountain climbers from Nepal wants to head to the summit region of Mount Everest at the end of April to clean up the modern trash that earlier expeditions have left behind there.
  2. to bequeath

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