Neuter
Gesetz
Meaning
- (neuter,strong) law, legal act, bill, statute
- (neuter,strong) law, legal act, bill, statute
- (neuter,strong) law, legal act, bill, statute
Concepts
legal rule
basic law
Synonyms
Standardgesetz
Rechtsakt
bürgerliches Recht
Wort des Führers
rechtliche Situation
Gesetzesbeschluss
Dienstvorschrift
Gesetzesentwurf
Gesetzesvorlage
Frequency
Dialects
Appenzell Innerrhoden
gsetz
Basel-Landschaft
gsetz
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Hyphenated as
Ge‧setz
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡəˈzɛt͡s/
Etymology
In summary
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”).
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