Gesetz

Meaning

  1. (neuter,strong) law, legal act, bill, statute
  2. (neuter,strong) law, legal act, bill, statute
  3. (neuter,strong) law, legal act, bill, statute

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

gsetz

Basel-Landschaft

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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