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

Alternative forms

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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    • Rhymes: -ɛts
    • Hyphenation: Ge‧setz

    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
      6. (colloquial, law) ellipsis of Gesetzessammlung (“lawbook”)
        Hast du dein Gesetz mit? ― Is your lawbook with you?

    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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