zulässt

Zulassen is a German verb meaning to allow, permit, admit, or tolerate. It is used when granting permission for an action, accepting a possibility, or recognizing something as true. In legal, administrative, and everyday language it covers a range of meanings from approving a request to tolerating a circumstance.

Grammatically, zulassen is a separable verb formed from zu- and lassen. In finite tenses the prefix separates: ich lasse zu, du lässt zu, er/sie/es lässt zu, wir lassen zu, ihr lasst zu, sie lassen zu. The infinitive is zulassen, and the past participle is zugelassen, used with the auxiliary haben (Ich habe es zugelassen). The present tense form for the third person singular is typically written as two words: lässt zu.

Etymology and related forms: The word combines the prefix zu- with das verb lassen, meaning to let or permit. The noun Zulassung (admission, approval) derives from the same root and is widely used in contexts such as vehicle registration or formal approvals.

Usage and examples: Zulassen is common in legal, bureaucratic, and everyday language. Examples include: Die Behörden haben die Einreise zugelassen. (The authorities have admitted entry.) Die Schule lässt eine Ausnahme zu. (The school grants an exception.) Wir lassen zu, dass du früher gehst. (We permit you to leave earlier.) In mathematical or philosophical contexts, one may say, dass eine Hypothese zugelassen ist, i.e., admitted as a possibility.

Note: The form "zulässt" as a single word is not standard in modern German; the present tense third-person singular is correctly written as lässt zu. The related noun Zulassung and the past participle zugelassen are common derivatives.

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