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Dictionaryüberlassen

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überlassen

leave

to leave, give, or entrust something to another person for their use or decision

IPA/yːbɐˈlasn̩/

The main stress follows standard German pronunciation.

Meaning 1neutral · 86%

to leave, give, or entrust something to another person for their use or decision

Ich überlasse dir die Entscheidung über den Termin.

Sie überlässt ihrem Bruder das Auto für das Wochenende.

Wir überlassen dem Team die weitere Planung.

The common pattern is jemandem (Dat.) etwas (Akk.) überlassen.

Remember the case pattern: dem Team die Aufgabe überlassen.

Choose one answer.

What does Ich überlasse dir die Entscheidung mean?

überlassen is ditransitive: the recipient is in the dative and the thing transferred or entrusted is in the accusative.