Schulden erlassen

to forgive debts

Türkçe: borçları bağışlamak

Noun

Schulden Pl.

Verb

erlassen

Topic

Recht und Politik

In a sentence

Die Bank erließ dem verschuldeten Bauern einen Teil der Schulden.

How it is used

Means 'to forgive debts' legally or morally. Formal register. Use in a news report about a bank canceling a customer's loan. Nuance: implies voluntary waiver by the creditor, not negotiation.

Other verbs that go with Schulden

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• Schulden machento incur debts
• Schulden abbauento reduce debts
• Schulden begleichento settle debts
• Schulden habento have debts
• Schulden tilgento pay off debts

All collocations with Schulden

Other collocations built on erlassen

• das Gesetz erlassento enact/pass a law
• eine Schuld erlassento forgive/remit a debt