loossen + Infinitive
Letting and Having Things Done: Loossen
Loossen + infinitive means let or have something done: Ech loossen den Auto reparéieren. (I am having the car repaired.)
How It Works
1. The forms
ech loossen, du léiss, hie léisst, mir loossen, dir loosst, si loossen. The commands are looss! and loosst!. See Vowel Changes in the Du and Hien Forms.
2. Two meanings
- let, allow: Looss mech goen! (Let me go!) Léiss du mech mol fueren? (Will you let me drive?)
- have something done by someone else: Ech loossen den Auto reparéieren. (I am having the car repaired.)
3. Word order
Like a modal verb, loossen takes second place and the infinitive goes to the end, without ze.
4. The perfect
The perfect uses hunn. Put the infinitive first and the participle gelooss last:
- Ech hunn den Auto reparéiere gelooss. (I had the car repaired.)
- Hatt huet d'Taass fale gelooss. (She dropped the cup.)
The infinitive follows the n-rule before g: reparéiere gelooss, schneide gelooss.
5. Things done for yourself
With the dative reflexive, loossen says that something is done for you: Hues du dir d'Hoer schneide gelooss? (Did you get your hair cut?)
6. Related patterns
Loosst eis + infinitive means let us. Sech loossen means that something can be done: Dat léisst sech maachen. On its own, loossen also means to leave: Ech hunn den Auto doheem gelooss.
Examples (6)
- Looss mech goen!
Let me go!
The du command looss, with goen at the end.
- Ech loossen den Auto reparéieren.
I'm having the car repaired.
Someone else does the repair.
- Ech hunn den Auto reparéiere gelooss.
I had the car repaired.
In the perfect, the infinitive comes before gelooss and loses its n before g.
- Léiss du mech mol fueren?
Will you let me drive?
The du form léiss has a vowel change.
- Hues du dir d'Hoer schneide gelooss?
Did you get your hair cut?
Dir shows that it was done for you.
- Hatt huet d'Taass fale gelooss.
She dropped the cup.
Fale loossen (to let fall) is the usual way to say to drop.
Common Mistakes
Adding ze before the infinitive.
Ech loossen den Auto ze reparéieren.Ech loossen den Auto reparéieren.Loossen is followed by a bare infinitive, like a modal verb, so there is no ze.
Using the plural form loosst for du.
Du loosst mech ni fueren!Du léiss mech ni fueren!The du form is léiss, with a vowel change. Loosst is the form for dir.
Adding -en to the participle gelooss.
Ech hunn den Auto reparéiere geloossen.Ech hunn den Auto reparéiere gelooss.The participle of loossen is gelooss, without -en.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Before Letting and Having Things Done: Loossen, learn Let's: Loosst eis.
Related Patterns
- sech loossenCan Be Done: Sech Loossen
Sech loossen + infinitive means that something can be done.
Level 4 - Dative Reflexives: mir / dirDative Reflexives: Mir and Dir
Combines with loossen for things done for yourself: dir d'Hoer schneide gelooss.
Level 3 - gesinn / héieren + InfinitiveSeeing and Hearing Someone Do Something
Gesinn and héieren also take a person and a bare infinitive.
Level 3 - Modal Verb and Infinitive
Loossen puts the infinitive at the end the way modal verbs do.
Level 1 - kréien + ParticipleGetting Something Done for You: Kréien + Participle
Another way to present the person who receives an action as the subject.
Level 5
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