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ermöglichen: to enable — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

Dictionaryermöglichen

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ermöglichen

to enable

to make something possible or allow someone to do something

IPA/ɛɐ̯ˈmøːɡlɪçn̩/

The main stress is on mög-.

Meaning 1neutral · 90%

to make something possible or allow someone to do something

Das Internet ermöglicht schnelles Lernen zu Hause.

Das Ticket ermöglicht Ihnen den Zugang zum Museum.

Die neue Regel ermöglicht uns mehr Flexibilität.

The person benefiting often appears in the dative.

Zugang ermöglichen — enable access

ermöglichen is useful for opportunities, access, and conditions that make an action possible.

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infinitive: ermöglichen
third person present: ermöglicht
preterite: ermöglichte
Past participle: ermöglicht
auxiliary: haben
Separable: No
prefix: —
reflexive: No
modal: No
imperative du: ermögliche
imperative ihr: ermöglicht
imperative sie: ermöglichen Sie
Transitivity: transitive
valency patterns: jemandem (Dat.) etwas (Akk.) ermöglichen · etwas (Akk.) ermöglichen

ermöglichen often has a dative person and an accusative thing: Das ermöglicht mir den Zugang.