Gebiet

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German gebiet, gebiete (“jurisdiction; area of command”), from gebieten (“to command”). Compare Dutch gebied. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈbiːt/ Rhymes: -iːt Hyphenation: Ge‧biet === Noun === Gebiet n (strong, genitive Gebietes or Gebiets, plural Gebiete) area, region territory (mathematics) a set with certain properties: (commonly) a (non-empty) open and connected set, domain an open set ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (mathematics): offenes Gebiet ((sometimes) tautologically) ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “open and connected set”): Bereich (in a stricter sense a closed and connected set), abgeschlossenes Gebiet ((sometimes) oxymoronically) ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gebietsweise ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Gebiet”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Gebiet” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Gebiet” in Duden online Gebiet on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Gebiet”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Old High German gibet. Compare German Gebet, Dutch gebed. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡeˈbie̯t/, [ɡəˈbiə̯t] === Noun === Gebiet n (plural Gebieder) prayer ==== Related terms ==== bieden === Further reading === Gebiet in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire