spruchreif
German
Etymology
Spruch (“judgment”) + reif (“ripe”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
spruchreif (strong nominative masculine singular spruchreifer, not comparable)
- definitive, official (final enough to be officially announced; of laws, policies, etc.)
- Synonyms: klar, fertig, entschieden
- Wir arbeiten an einer Lösung, aber die Sache ist noch nicht spruchreif.
- We are working on a solution, but it's not ready to be announced yet.
- (law, originally) ready to be judged
- 1918, Ludwig Mohn, “§ 14. Das Verwaltungsstreitverfahren”, in Preußisches Verwaltungsrecht, Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, page 187:
- Ist die Sache nicht spruchreif, so weist das OVG. dieselbe zur anderweitigen Entscheidung an die dazu nach der Sachlage geeignete Instanz zurück und verordnet die Wiederholung oder Ergänzung des Verfahrens, […]
- Should the matter not be ready to be judged, the higher administrative court will reassign the same [matter] to the instance capable of deciding in the situation and order a relitigation or supplementation of the suit, […]
Usage notes
Outside of the original legal context, chiefly used in the negative or looking at the future, with the current state of affairs typically being a work in progress. The term stops applying after a law, policy or idea is actually launched.
Declension
Positive forms of spruchreif (uncomparable)
Further reading
- “spruchreif” in Duden online
- “spruchreif” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “spruchreif” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.