hinterlassen — meaning in English

English meaning

• bequeath verb To leave property or money to someone through a will.
• leave verb To go away from a place or person.
• legacy noun Money or property left to someone in a will.

Senses

hinterlassen is used for these senses in English:

• bequeath (legal) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
• bequeath To hand down; to transmit.
• leave (transitive) To transfer possession of after death.
• leave behind (transitive, idiomatic) To abandon.
• legacy (especially, computing) Left over from the past; old and no longer current.

bequeath — full definition

1. verb To leave property or money to someone through a will.
2. verb To pass something down, such as a tradition, idea, or quality.

leave — full definition

1. verb To go away from a place or person.
2. verb To let something remain in place, or to allow it to stay without taking it away.
3. verb To give something to someone, especially after death.
4. noun Official permission to be absent from work, or the time away itself.

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