Also means
service stamp
Usage Note
Dienstsiegel is the official seal an authority stamps onto documents to make them legally valid, often a round embossed mark with a coat of arms. A beglaubigte document typically bears one. From Dienst (service) and Siegel (seal); the plural is unchanged.
Examples
"Die Urkunde trägt das Dienstsiegel der Gemeinde."
Natural Translation
The certificate bears the official seal of the municipality.
Literal Translation
The certificate bears the service-seal of-the municipality.
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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