Alemannic German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German verlāʒen, from Old High German farlāʒan, from Proto-Germanic *fralētaną. Equivalent to ver- +‎ laa. Cognate with German verlassen, Dutch verlaten, English forlet.

Verb

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verlaa (third-person singular simple present verlaat, past participle verlaa, auxiliary haa)

  1. to leave
    • 1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
      Nume wird üs de Her Dokchter Starke vilicht verlaa.
      Just that Dr Starke may perhaps leave us.