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to suspend
To temporarily exclude someone from their duties, office, or school, often as a disciplinary measure or during an investigation. The person usually retains their status but is not allowed to perform their activity.
Der Polizist wurde nach dem Vorfall vom Dienst suspendiert.
The police officer was suspended from duty after the incident.
to suspend
To temporarily put a law, regulation, or right out of force.
Die Regierung hat während des Ausnahmezustands einige Bürgerrechte suspendiert.
The government suspended some civil rights during the state of emergency.
to suspend
In chemistry or physics, it means to distribute solid particles in a liquid or gas so that they float in it without dissolving.
Um die Suspension herzustellen, muss man das Pulver sorgfältig im Wasser suspendieren.
To prepare the suspension, you have to carefully suspend the powder in water.
'Suspendieren' (to suspend) is a verb of foreign origin that ends in '-ieren'. Such verbs are always regular and form the past participle with 'hat' and the ending '-t', but without the prefix 'ge-'. So it is 'hat suspendiert' (has suspended).
Die Universität hat den Professor suspendiert.
The university suspended the professor.
When a person is excluded from an activity, you use the structure: 'jemanden (Akkusativ) von etwas (Dativ) suspendieren' — to suspend someone (accusative) from something (dative).
Der Spieler wurde vom Training suspendiert.
The player was suspended from training.
The meaning 'Teilchen in einer Flüssigkeit schweben lassen' (to keep particles suspended in a liquid) is purely technical language. It is used only in scientific contexts such as chemistry or physics.
Für das Experiment müssen wir feine Sandkörner in Wasser suspendieren.
For the experiment, we have to suspend fine grains of sand in water.
In the meaning 'jemanden von einer Aufgabe entbinden' (to relieve someone of a task), 'suspendieren' (to suspend) belongs to formal official and administrative language. It sounds more official and stricter.
Die Beamtin wurde mit sofortiger Wirkung vom Dienst suspendiert.
The civil servant was suspended from duty with immediate effect.
to abandon / suspend / expose
Aussetzen and suspendieren can both mean that a regulation is temporarily not in effect. Suspendieren is the more formal, specialized choice. Aussetzen also works in less formal contexts and can additionally emphasize postponing a regulation.
Die Behörde suspendierte die neue Regelung für drei Monate.
The authorities suspended the new regulation for three months.
Die Behörde setzte die neue Regelung für drei Monate aus.
The authorities suspended the new regulation for three months.
