rule (EN)
Substantiv, Verb

Substantiv “rule”

sg. rule, pl. rules or uncountable
  1. Regel
    The school's rules prohibit running in the hallways.
  2. Herrschaft
    Under her rule, the city flourished and crime rates dropped significantly.
  3. Regel (im Sinne von Gewohnheit)
    In our house, the rule is to have dinner together every night.
  4. Regel (im mathematischen Kontext)
    In math class, we learned a simple rule for finding the area of a rectangle by multiplying its length by its width.
  5. Lineal
    She carefully used the rule to draw a straight line across her drawing paper.
  6. Linie (als Schreibhilfe)
    Before writing, she drew a rule across the page to keep her sentences straight.

Verb “rule”

rule; he rules; past ruled, part. ruled; ger. ruling
  1. herrschen
    The queen ruled the kingdom with wisdom and strength for over fifty years.
  2. abgehen (im Sinne von hervorragend sein)
    Your new skateboard totally rules!
  3. urteilen
    The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible in court.
  4. Linien ziehen
    Before starting her math homework, Sarah ruled her blank paper with horizontal lines to keep her calculations neat.