Also means
agency
Usage Note
Behörde means a government office or public authority, the kind of bureaucracy you deal with for permits or registration. It often appears in compounds like Ausländerbehörde (immigration office) or Finanzbehörde (tax authority). Watch the plural Behörden, which usually translates as 'the authorities'.
Examples
"Die Behörde hat den Antrag genehmigt."
Natural Translation
The authority approved the application.
Literal Translation
The authority has the application approved.
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
- 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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