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Gesetz.

law, legal act, bill, statute

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡəˈzɛt͡s//ɡ̥eˈsɛt͡s/
  1. law, legal act, bill, statute a bill by the parliamentary legislator according to the procedures devised in the state’s constitution

    neuter · strong
  2. law, legal act, bill, statute any formally published legal norm, a regulation affecting anyone in an unlimited number of cases

    neuter · strong
  3. law, legal act, bill, statute a principle governing the phenomena in a particular field of science, a law of nature

    neuter · strong
  4. law, legal act, bill, statute ellipsis of Gesetzessammlung (“lawbook”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · colloquial · ellipsis · neuter · strong
    Hast du dein Gesetz mit?
Where this word comes from

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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