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to weigh on
To represent a heavy burden for someone or something, whether physically as weight or metaphorically as responsibility, guilt, or worry.
Die hohe Hypothek lastet schwer auf der jungen Familie.
The large mortgage weighs heavily on the young family.
The verb 'lasten' (to weigh on) is closely related to the noun 'die Last' (the load, the burden). It describes the act of being a load or burden for someone or something.
Die schwere Last auf seinen Schultern war kaum zu tragen.
The heavy load on his shoulders was almost impossible to carry.
This verb is almost always used with the preposition 'auf' (on) and the dative. The structure is: the burden (subject) weighs on the person or thing (dative object).
Der finanzielle Druck lastet auf dem gesamten Unternehmen.
The financial pressure weighs on the entire company.
'Lasten' (to weigh on) is very often used for abstract, negative things. Typical subjects are 'die Verantwortung' (responsibility), 'die Schuld' (guilt), 'der Druck' (pressure), 'die Sorgen' (worries), or 'die Kosten' (costs).
Die Verantwortung für die ganze Abteilung lastet auf ihr.
The responsibility for the whole department weighs on her.
to press / hug
Drücken and lasten can both describe a serious worry. Drücken emphasizes the oppressive effect the person feels. Lasten is used with auf and highlights the worry as a heavy, often longer-lasting burden.
Die Sorge um seine Schulden lastet seit Monaten auf ihm.
Worry about his debts has been weighing on him for months.
Die Sorge um seine Schulden drückt ihn seit Monaten.
Worry about his debts has been weighing on him for months.
