Usage Note
Regierung is built from the verb regieren ('to govern') plus the suffix -ung, which always makes feminine nouns. It refers to the executive cabinet specifically, distinct from der Staat (the state as a whole).
Examples
"Die Regierung beschließt neue Gesetze."
Natural Translation
The government passes new laws.
Literal Translation
The government decides new laws.
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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