gelten meaning and definition in german

Verb

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class 3 strong, third-person singular simple present gilt, past tense galt, past participle gegolten, auxiliary haben

1. to be valid; to count; to hold true
2. to be effective; to be in force
3. to be worth
4. with a dative case personal object to be meant for
5. intransitive, with “als” or “für” to be regarded (as something); to pass (for something)

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1. impersonal to be necessary
2. intransitive, with “lassen” to pass; to go; (Often translated with lassen as a unit into allow, endure, permit, accept, etc.) Das will ich ausnahmsweise mal gelten lassen. — “I will let that pass [allow, concede, endure, permit, accept that] as an exception.”