Masculine
Gegenstand
- (masculine, strong) object, item, thing, article
- (masculine, strong) in the technical language of civil law statutes, either a corporeal object or a subjective right
- (masculine, strong) more broadly, since law of obligations lacks a numerus clausus, an object of agreement, that which is the deal
- (masculine, obsolete, strong) object of a sentence
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Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈɡeːɡŋ̩ʃtant]
Etymology
gegen- + Stand. Calque of Latin obiectum; whereas subiectum has been calqued with Unterstand but this is now only used, at best, by philosophers.
Related words
cognitive content
mental object
real thing
item of artwork
counter for questions
Extract
affair, business, case, object, thing, matter
objet d’art
Themengebiet
Themenstellung
Entität
Kerngehalt
Seiende
objet
oggetto
objeto
onderwerp
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