Gesetz

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Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German gesetze, gesetzede, from Old High German gisezzida (“fixing, determination, assessment”), from sezzen (“to make sit, set, put”), from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan (“to set, put down”).

Noun

Gesetz n

  1. (Uri) law

References

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gesetze, gesetzede, from Old High German gisezzida (“fixing, determination, assessment”), from sezzen (“to make sit, set, put”), from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan (“to set, put down”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈzɛt͡s/
  • IPA(key): /ɡ̥eˈsɛt͡s/ (Austria)
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Noun

Gesetz n (strong, genitive Gesetzes, plural Gesetze)

  1. law, legal act, bill, statute
    2. (förmliches Gesetz) a bill by the parliamentary legislator according to the procedures devised in the state’s constitution
    4. (materielles Gesetz) any formally published legal norm, a regulation affecting anyone in an unlimited number of cases
      Hyponyms: Gesetz, Rechtsverordnung, Satzung
      Synonym: Ordnung
      Coordinate term: Verwaltungsakt
    5. a principle governing the phenomena in a particular field of science, a law of nature

Declension

Declension of Gesetz
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Gesetz die Gesetze
genitive eines des Gesetzes der Gesetze
dative einem dem Gesetz, Gesetze1 den Gesetzen
accusative ein das Gesetz die Gesetze

1Now rare, see notes.

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Further reading

  • “Gesetz” in Duden online
  • “Gesetz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Gesetz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German gesetze, gesetzede, from Old High German gisezzida (“fixing, determination, assessment”), from sezzen (“to make sit, set, put”), from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan (“to set, put down”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Gesetz n (plural Gesetzer)

  1. law
    • Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 5:17:
      De Jesus sot zu senge Jünger: "Mengt net, ech wär komm, fir d'Gesetz oder d'Prophéiten ofzeschafen! Ech sinn net komm fir ofzeschafen, ma fir z'erfëllen."
      Jesus said to his disciples: "Do not think that I came to annul the law or the prophets! I am come not to annul, but to fulfill."

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