"Gesetz" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ɡəˈzɛt͡s/, /ɡ̥eˈsɛt͡s/ Audio: De-Gesetz.ogg
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|de|ine-pro|*sed-}}, {{inh|de|gmh|gesetze}} Middle High German gesetze, {{m|gmh|gesetzede}} gesetzede, {{inh|de|goh|gisezzida||fixing, determination, assessment}} Old High German gisezzida (“fixing, determination, assessment”), {{m|goh|sezzen||to make sit, set, put}} sezzen (“to make sit, set, put”), {{der|de|gmw-pro|*sattjan||to set, put down}} Proto-West Germanic *sattjan (“to set, put down”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Gesetz n (strong, genitive Gesetzes, plural Gesetze) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Gesetzes [genitive], Gesetze [plural], strong [table-tags], Gesetz [nominative, singular], Gesetze [definite, nominative, plural], Gesetzes [genitive, singular], Gesetze [definite, genitive, plural], Gesetz [dative, singular], Gesetze [dative, singular], Gesetzen [dative, definite, plural], Gesetz [accusative, singular], Gesetze [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. law, legal act, bill, statute
    (förmliches Gesetz) a bill by the parliamentary legislator according to the procedures devised in the state’s constitution
    Tags: neuter, strong Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-Gesetz-de-noun-de:fGes Disambiguation of Law: 33 35 33
  2. law, legal act, bill, statute
    (materielles Gesetz) any formally published legal norm, a regulation affecting anyone in an unlimited number of cases
    Tags: neuter, strong Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: Ordnung
    Sense id: en-Gesetz-de-noun-de:mGes Disambiguation of Law: 33 35 33 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 23 53 23
  3. law, legal act, bill, statute
    a principle governing the phenomena in a particular field of science, a law of nature
    Tags: neuter, strong Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-Gesetz-de-noun-vHK0txLS Disambiguation of Law: 33 35 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: Abtreibungsgesetz, Assoziativgesetz, Betäubungsmittelgesetz, Chemikaliengesetz, Distributivgesetz, Grundgesetz, Kommutativgesetz, Pressegesetz, Selbstbestimmungsgesetz
Derived forms: Abtreibungsgesetz, Assoziativgesetz, Auslautgesetz, Betäubungsmittelgesetz, Chemikaliengesetz, Distributivgesetz, Dreimorengesetz, Gesetzentwurf, gesetzestreu, Gesetzgebung, gesetzlich, gesetzlos, Grundgesetz, Kommutativgesetz, Pressegesetz, Selbstbestimmungsgesetz

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        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "law, legal act, bill, statute",
        "a principle governing the phenomena in a particular field of science, a law of nature"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "law"
        ],
        [
          "legal",
          "legal"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "bill",
          "bill"
        ],
        [
          "statute",
          "statute"
        ],
        [
          "principle",
          "principle"
        ],
        [
          "govern",
          "govern"
        ],
        [
          "phenomena",
          "phenomenon"
        ],
        [
          "field",
          "field"
        ],
        [
          "science",
          "science"
        ],
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          "law of nature",
          "law of nature"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡəˈzɛt͡s/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡ̥eˈsɛt͡s/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Gesetz.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/De-Gesetz.ogg/De-Gesetz.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/De-Gesetz.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gesetz"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: förmliches Gesetz",
  "path": [
    "Gesetz"
  ],
  "section": "German",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "Gesetz",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: förmliches Gesetz",
  "path": [
    "Gesetz"
  ],
  "section": "German",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "Gesetz",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: materielles Gesetz",
  "path": [
    "Gesetz"
  ],
  "section": "German",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "Gesetz",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: materielles Gesetz",
  "path": [
    "Gesetz"
  ],
  "section": "German",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "Gesetz",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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