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German
Etymology
From Ordnung + -s- + gemäß.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔʁdnʊŋsɡəˌmɛːs/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /-ɡəˌmeːs/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- Hyphenation: ord‧nungs‧ge‧mäß
Adjective
ordnungsgemäß (strong nominative masculine singular ordnungsgemäßer, not comparable)
- due; duly
- Synonyms: regelmäßig, ordnungsmäßig, vorschriftsmäßig
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg, volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer:[…] zart und frisch, mit reinlichen Wolken am hellblauen Himmel und mäßigem Sonnenschein über Hängen und Tal, die wieder ein ordnungsgemäßes Sommergrün angenommen hatten, da der Neuschnee denn doch zu raschem Versickern verurteilt gewesen war.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Positive forms of ordnungsgemäß (uncomparable)
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