das Gesetz
noun · /ɡəˈzɛt͡s/ ·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”).
Translation
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law, legal act, bill, statute; a bill by the parliamentary legislator according to the procedures devised in the state’s constitution
neuter, strong
Wir sollten uns jederzeit an das Gesetz halten.
We should always act in obedience to the law.
Die Mehrheit des Ausschusses stimmte gegen das Gesetz.
The majority of the committee voted against the bill.
- law, legal act, bill, statute; any formally published legal norm, a regulation affecting anyone in an unlimited number of cases neuter, strong
- law, legal act, bill, statute; a principle governing the phenomena in a particular field of science, a law of nature neuter, strong
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law, legal act, bill, statute; ellipsis of Gesetzessammlung (“lawbook”)
abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis, neuter, strong
Hast du dein Gesetz mit?
Is your lawbook with you?
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Gesetz | Gesetze |
| Accusative | Gesetz | Gesetze |
| Dative | Gesetz | Gesetzen |
| Genitive | Gesetzes | Gesetze |