Also means
civil registry
Usage Note
Standesamt is the office that records births, marriages and deaths and where civil weddings take place. Auf dem Standesamt heiraten means to have a civil wedding. The official conducting it is the Standesbeamte; the plural is Standesämter.
Examples
"Sie haben sich vorige Woche auf dem Standesamt trauen lassen."
Natural Translation
They got married at the registry office last week.
Literal Translation
They have themselves last week at-the registry-office marry let.
Related Words
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- 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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