Usage Note
Amtsleiter leads a specific Amt (office) within local or state government. The role combines administrative management with responsibility for staff. The female form is Amtsleiterin.
Examples
"Der Amtsleiter empfing die Delegation im Rathaus."
Natural Translation
The head of the office received the delegation at the town hall.
Literal Translation
The office-head received the delegation in-the town-hall.
Related Words
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- Abzeichnungspflicht countersignature requirement; obligation to have a draft initialled by a superior
- Aktenvermerk file note; internal memorandum recorded in an administrative case file
- Aktenzeichen file reference number
- Allparteienkoalition all-party coalition; government formed by all parliamentary parties
- Amt office
- Amtliche Beglaubigung official certification; authentication of a document by a public authority
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