Also means
decree
Usage Note
Verfügung lives mainly in the fixed phrase zur Verfügung stehen ('to be available') and zur Verfügung stellen ('to make available') — learn it as a chunk. In legal or official German it also means a 'decree' or 'order', as in einstweilige Verfügung (an injunction).
Examples
"Das Auto steht zur Verfügung."
Natural Translation
The car is available.
Literal Translation
The car stands at-the disposal.
Related Words
- Abmahnschreiben formal warning letter (demanding cessation of unlawful conduct)
- Abschiebung deportation
- Akteneinsicht access to files
- Amtsgericht local court
- Amtspflicht official duty; duty of care owed by a public official
- Anfechtungsklage action for annulment
- Angeklagte defendant
- Anhörung hearing; right to be heard (before a decision is made)
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