Gebot
See also: gebot
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German gebot, from Old High German gibot. Compare Dutch gebod (“commandment”), Old English gebod (“order, command, mandate”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Gebot n (strong, genitive Gebotes or Gebots, plural Gebote, diminutive Gebötlein n)
Declension edit
Declension of Gebot [neuter, strong]
Related terms edit
- Zehn Gebote (“the Ten Commandments”)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “Gebot” in Duden online
- “Gebot” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Gebot” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Luxembourgish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From earlier Gebott, influenced by German Gebot, both from Middle High German gebot, from Old High German gibot. Cognate with Dutch gebod.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Gebot n (plural Geboter)
Further reading edit
- Gebot in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire