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German
Etymology
Borrowed from French dispositif.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Dis‧po‧si‧tiv
Noun
Dispositiv n (strong, genitive Dispositivs, plural Dispositive)
- (uncommon, educated, oftener in Switzerland, often in translations from French, also of Foucault) arrangement, measures, plans
2015 November 16, “«Risiko, dass Terroristen einreisen, ist real»”, in 20 minuten:Das Grenzwachtkorps (GWK) hat seit den Anschlägen in Paris sein Dispositiv kurzfristig hochgefahren.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2020 March 2, “Stadtverwaltung bereitet sich auf Coronavirus vor”, in Gemeinderat der Stadt Bern:Der Gemeinderat wird dementsprechend sein Dispositiv laufend anpassen und darüber informieren.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2020 July 1, “Die Schweizer Politik verschläft die zweite Welle”, in Zürichsee-Zeitung:Befeuert hat solchen Leichtsinn jedoch der Bundesrat, indem er am 19. Juni fast alle Corona-Regeln aufgehoben hat. Kaum ein anderes Land hat sein Dispositiv gegen das Virus radikaler heruntergefahren;- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Switzerland, by extension also international law) operative part of a court order
- Synonyms: (Germany) Entscheidungsformel, (Germany) Tenor, (Austria) Urteilsspruch
Declension