wet

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) law (rule)
2. (feminine) law (body of rules declared and/or enforced by a government)
3. (feminine) law of nature

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular, third-person) inflection of wetten:
2. (form-of, imperative) inflection of wetten:

wetten

• Verb
• Noun

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Concepts

law

act

legislation

statute

rule

order

deed

lex

prescript

prescription

statute law

statutory law

legal rule

bylaw

command

decree

enactment

instruction

jurisprudence

Synonyms

theorema

bevelschrift

edict

order

recept

verordening

jurisprudentie

akte

wetgeving

Translations

loi

Gesetz

ley

legge

lei

νόμος

lex

llei

qanûn

acte

قَانُون

zagon

yasa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʋɛt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: wet

Inherited from Old Dutch: witat

In summary

From Middle Dutch wet, wette, wit, weet, from Old Dutch witat, witut (“rule, law”), from Proto-West Germanic *witōþ, from Proto-Germanic *witōþą (“law”).

Sentences

Nood breekt wet .

Necessity knows no law.

De politieagent volgde de wet tot op de letter .

The police officer followed the law to the letter.

Wij weten dat deze wet in principe een zeer ruime toepassing moet krijgen .

We know that in principle this law should have a very wide scope.