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Vorzimmer

anteroom, waiting room

noun FOR-tsim-er Rare
Home & Lifestyle Rooms

Also means

hallway (Austrian usage)

Usage Note

Vorzimmer in standard German means an anteroom outside an office or a waiting room before an important room. In Austrian German it is the everyday word for the entrance hallway (Flur/Diele). A learner of standard German will encounter both uses.

Examples

"Der Assistent saß im Vorzimmer des Direktors und empfing die Besucher."

Natural Translation

The assistant sat in the anteroom of the director and received the visitors.

Literal Translation

The assistant sat in the anteroom of the director and received the visitors.

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