Eigentum

German Alternative forms de Eigenthum superseded Etymology From de gmh eigentuom. Equivalent to de eigen tum own -dom, compare nl eigendom. Pronunciation de /ˈaɪɡəntuːm/ de De-Eigentum.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De-Eigentum2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Ei gen tum Noun n,(e)s,^er:e de uncountable law ownership de Herrschaftsrecht absolutes Recht dingliches Recht de countable archaic an item of owned property, e.g. estate, belonging, etc. Usage notes Common translations of the word's second sense is ‘property’; however, the technical usage is narrower and does not allow for it to be used with the same objects as these terms are in English. Outside of legal usage other areas (e.g. business administration) may use the term de Eigentum for things that German law does not regard as ownership. So terms like de geistiges Eigentum intellectual property, not referring to corporeal objects, are strictly translationese and a misnomer and do not occur in the internal legal systems of the German-speaking countries, except as a comparative law and international law catchword. While an economic work might refer to a de Markeneigentümer brand owner, legal works would refer to a de Markeninhaber brand owner, as de Inhaberschaft denotes any legal position as English en ownership does. In either cases however, the corresponding verbs de eignen and de innehaben are not in common use anymore but stilted; the former, for the technical sense of owning a corporeal object, is suppleted by de gehören. Declension n,(e)s,^er:e Derived terms de geistiges Eigentum, de Eigentümer Further reading 1 de de Eigentum (Deutschland) de Eigentum (Österreich) de Eigentum (Schweiz) de Business