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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Verordnung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Verordnung

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Regulation/ˌreɡ.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #850 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die neue Verordnung tritt nächste Woche in Kraft."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A rule or directive made and maintained by an authority.

    "New safety regulations have been introduced in the workplace."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin regulationem, a noun of action from the past-participle stem of regulare meaning 'to direct, rule', originating from Latin regula meaning 'rule or straight piece of wood'. It entered English in the late 16th century, evolving from a general sense of ordering to a specific administrative governance term.

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