Noun
das Gesetz
Pronunciation: /ɡəˈzɛt͡s/
law, legal act, bill, statute
B1
rank #739
plural Gesetze
Meanings
Noun
- law, legal act, bill, statute
- a bill by the parliamentary legislator according to the procedures devised in the state’s constitution
- any formally published legal norm, a regulation affecting anyone in an unlimited number of cases
- a principle governing the phenomena in a particular field of science, a law of nature
Example sentence
Hast du Schwierigkeiten mit dem Gesetz?
Are you in trouble with the law?
Word forms
singular
das Gesetz
plural
die Gesetze
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedas Gesetz
Accusativedas Gesetz
Dativedem Gesetz
Genitivedes Gesetzes
Plural
Nominativedie Gesetze
Accusativedie Gesetze
Dativeden Gesetzen
Genitiveder Gesetze
Usage
- ein Gesetz verabschieden — Pass a law; Gesetz is neuter.
- das Gesetz / die Gesetze — The plural adds -e.
Wir lesen den Text des Gesetzes gemeinsam.
We are reading the text of the law together.