Verlassenschaft

German

Etymology

verlassen +‎ -schaft.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈlasn̩ʃaft/
  • Hyphenation: Ver‧las‧sen‧schaft
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Noun

Verlassenschaft f (genitive Verlassenschaft, plural Verlassenschaften)

  1. (Austria, law, dated everywhere else) Rights and liabilities of the deceased that pass to the heir by way of universal succession.

Declension

Derived terms

  • Ver­las­sen­schafts­ab­hand­lung
  • Verlassenschaftsverfahren

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