Also means
one-stop public service centre
Usage Note
Bürgeramt is a one-stop municipal office bundling many citizen services like ID cards, registration and certificates. It is the modern, friendlier-branded successor to scattered single offices. Also called Bürgerbüro; the plural is Bürgerämter.
Examples
"Den neuen Personalausweis beantragt man im Bürgeramt."
Natural Translation
You apply for the new ID card at the citizens' office.
Literal Translation
The new ID-card applies-for one in-the citizens-office.
Related Words
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- 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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