Gsetz

Bavarian

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̥se̞ːd̥s/
• Hyphenation: Gsetz

Noun

Gsetz n (plural Gsetz, diminutive Gsetzl or Gsetzerl)

1. law, legal act, bill, statute
   2. (fermlichs Gsetz) a bill by the parliamentary legislator according to the procedures devised in the state’s constitution
   4. (materiös Gsetz) any formally published legal norm, a regulation affecting anyone in an unlimited number of cases
   5. a principle governing the phenomena in a particular field of science, a law of nature

Pennsylvania German

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”). Compare German Gesetz.

Noun

Gsetz n (plural Gsetze)

1. law
2. statute