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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Urteil

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Urteil

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Verdict/ˈvɜːr.dɪkt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das Gericht hat ein faires Urteil gefällt."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A decision on a disputed issue in a civil or criminal case or an inquest by a jury.

    "The jury returned a unanimous verdict of not guilty."
  2. 2

    An opinion or judgment rendered after examination or testing.

    "We are still waiting for consumer reports to deliver their verdict on the new smartphone."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Anglo-Norman 'verdit' and Old French 'verdit', tracing back to Medieval Latin 'verdictum', a blend of Latin 'vērus' (true) and 'dictum' (something said). Historically recorded in English law since the 14th century, it originally denoted a truthful formal statement or finding delivered by a jury.

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