"Bestimmung" meaning in German

See Bestimmung in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bəˈʃtɪmʊŋ/ Audio: De-Bestimmung.ogg
Etymology: bestimmen + -ung Etymology templates: {{suffix|de|bestimmen|ung}} bestimmen + -ung Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Bestimmung f (genitive Bestimmung, plural Bestimmungen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Bestimmung [genitive], Bestimmungen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Bestimmung [nominative, singular], Bestimmungen [definite, nominative, plural], Bestimmung [genitive, singular], Bestimmungen [definite, genitive, plural], Bestimmung [dative, singular], Bestimmungen [dative, definite, plural], Bestimmung [accusative, singular], Bestimmungen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. determination (act of determining or measuring) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Bestimmung-de-noun-IIgu4iOV Categories (other): German terms suffixed with -ung, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -ung: 14 16 18 6 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 19 20 1 17 24
  2. destination (intended purpose) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Bestimmung-de-noun-2PWnXDt3 Categories (other): German terms suffixed with -ung, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -ung: 14 16 18 6 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 19 20 1 17 24
  3. appointment, designation Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Bestimmung-de-noun-6TFuO~4W Categories (other): German terms suffixed with -ung, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -ung: 14 16 18 6 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 19 20 1 17 24
  4. regulation Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Bestimmung-de-noun-ODtmMOgk
  5. (linguistics) modifier; attribute (of a noun); complement (of a verb) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Bestimmung-de-noun-qLvlzMZw Categories (other): Linguistics, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -ung, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 7 8 6 3 50 28 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -ung: 14 16 18 6 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 19 20 1 17 24 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  6. (law) provision (clause in a statute providing for a particular matter; a specific rule that arises from the lexical content of a statute) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Bestimmung-de-noun-HaLxQ-Jo Categories (other): Law, German terms suffixed with -ung, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -ung: 14 16 18 6 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 19 16 3 18 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 19 20 1 17 24 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Aufenthaltsbestimmungsrecht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Bestimmungsfaktor"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Bestimmungsgrenze"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Bestimmungsort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Bestimmungswort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Durchführungsbestimmung"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Umstandsbestimmung"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
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    },
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