Büro

Related words

• Lauflast

  Büro

• Kontor

  Büro

• Klatsch

  Gossip

• Möbel

  furniture

• Arbeitszimmer

  Study, office

• Briefträger

  A 'mailman' is a person who delivers letters and packages to people's homes and offices.

• Zimmerpflanze

  Houseplant

• Angeberei

  boasting

• Bürokrat

  Bureaucrat

• Klimatisierung

  Air conditioning

• Detektei

  Detective agency

• Büroklammer

  Paperclip

• Putzmann

  A cleaning man is a person who professionally cleans rooms.

• Putzfrau

  cleaning lady

• Chefetage

  Executive floor

• Hefter

  Binder

• Arbeitsmensch

  Workaholic is a derogatory term for someone who is excessively dedicated to work.

• Sitzriese

  Couch potato, desk jockey

• Empfangsdame

  Receptionist

• Aushelferin

  Temporary worker (female)

• Kanzlei

  Law firm

• Cafeteria

  Cafeteria; a self-service restaurant.

• Hemmschuh

  Hindrance

• Freitagnachmittag

  Friday afternoon is the afternoon of the last working day of the week before the weekend begins.

• Bürolandschaft

  Open-plan office

• Reglementarismus

  Regulationism refers to an excessive tendency towards regulations and rules, which are often perceived as hindering and bureaucratic.

• Amtsstube

  Office

• Grünling

  Greenhorn

• ins Kraut schießen

  to run rampant, to get out of hand

• Papiersprache

  Bureaucratic, complicated, and difficult-to-understand language often used in official documents.

• Umschulung

  Retraining

• Trennwand

  Partition wall

• Pressehaus

  A building housing the editorial offices and offices of a newspaper or publishing house.

• Lageplan

  Site plan

• duzen

  to address someone informally (using 'du')

• klimatisieren

  to air-condition

• erbauen

  To build, to edify

• überhandnehmen

  To get out of hand

• Standort

  Location

• auxiliar

  Auxiliary

• hemmend

  Inhibitory

• kafkaesk

  Kafkaesque

• achtgeschossig

  Eight-story

• Bananenbieger

  EU bureaucrat (derogatory)

• Geschoss

  Floor, Storey, Projectile

• Bürokratie

  bureaucracy

• Hexenkessel

  Witches' cauldron, melting pot

• Bürogebäude

  office building

• Mantelaffe

  Big shot (derogatory)