das Gesetz
Meaning in English: law
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Das neue Gesetz gilt ab Januar.
The new law applies from January.
Der, die or das?
Gesetz is neuter: das Gesetz. How to tell the gender from the ending.
Forms of Gesetz in the top 5,000
These forms of Gesetz are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Die Gesetze gelten für alle.
The laws apply to everyone.
Die Änderung des Gesetzes gilt ab Januar.
The change to the law applies from January.
How common is Gesetz?
Gesetz is number 959 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 93 times per million words — about once every 11,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 64% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Related words in the list
Words built on Gesetz:
Next to it in the frequency list
- 955verstehenunderstand
- 956die Behandlungtreatment
- 957die Kommunikationcommunication
- 958handelnact; trade; (sich um) be about
- 959das Gesetzlaw
- 960die Organisationorganization
- 961befinden(sich) be located
- 962erhältreceives, gets
- 963tätigworking (as), active
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#959
- The 5,000 most common German words#959
- The most common German nouns#331
- German B1 vocabulary#254
- The most common German neuter nouns (das)#39
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.