Also means
case number
Usage Note
Aktenzeichen is the reference code an authority or court assigns to a case, quoted in all correspondence to identify it. It is often abbreviated Az. on letters. From Akte (file) and Zeichen (mark); the plural is unchanged: Aktenzeichen.
Examples
"Bitte geben Sie bei Rückfragen stets das Aktenzeichen an."
Natural Translation
Please always quote the file reference number with any queries.
Literal Translation
Please give you with queries always the file-reference on.
Related Words
- Abgeordnetenhaus house of deputies
- Abschiebebescheid deportation order
- Abzeichnungspflicht countersignature requirement; obligation to have a draft initialled by a superior
- Aktenvermerk file note; internal memorandum recorded in an administrative case file
- Allparteienkoalition all-party coalition; government formed by all parliamentary parties
- Amt office
- Amtliche Beglaubigung official certification; authentication of a document by a public authority
- Amtsarzt public health officer
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