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The verb lassen (to let, to have something done)

'I'm having my car repaired', 'I had my hair cut', 'Leave it, I'll do it' — in German all of these are said with one verb, 'lassen'. lassen behaves like a modal verb: the second verb goes to the end of the sentence in the infinitive. It's a very common verb in everyday life.

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'I'm having my car repaired', 'I had my hair cut', 'Leave it, I'll do it' — in German all of these are said with one verb, 'lassen'. lassen behaves like a modal verb: the second verb goes to the end of the sentence in the infinitive. It's a very common verb in everyday life.

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