🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Regel

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Regel

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rule/ruːl/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Es gibt eine Regel gegen das Rauchen hier."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A principle or regulation governing conduct or procedure.

    "The school has a strict rule against bullying."
As verb
  1. 1

    To exercise control or authority over; to govern.

    "The king ruled the land with fairness and justice."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'rule' originates from the Latin 'regula', meaning a straight stick or a standard, which evolved in Middle English to denote a principle or regulation governing conduct or action.

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