Gsetz

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Bavarian

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): /ˈɡ̥se̞ːd̥s/
  • Hyphenation: Gsetz

Noun

Gsetz n (plural Gsetz, diminutive Gsetzl or Gsetzerl)

  1. law, legal act, bill, statute
    1. (fermlichs Gsetz) a bill by the parliamentary legislator according to the procedures devised in the state’s constitution
    2. (materiös Gsetz) any formally published legal norm, a regulation affecting anyone in an unlimited number of cases
    3. a principle governing the phenomena in a particular field of science, a law of nature

Pennsylvania 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). Compare German Gesetz.

Noun

Gsetz n (plural Gsetze)

  1. law
  2. statute