Also means
office hours
Usage Note
Sprechstunde is the fixed time when an official, doctor or teacher is available to receive people. A mayor may hold a Bürgersprechstunde for residents. From sprechen (to speak) and Stunde (hour); the plural is Sprechstunden.
Examples
"Der Bürgermeister bietet jeden Donnerstag eine Sprechstunde an."
Natural Translation
The mayor offers consultation hours every Thursday.
Literal Translation
The mayor offers every Thursday a consultation-hour on.
Related Words
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- 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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