vonseiten
on the part of, from the side of
preposition fon-ZY-ten Rare
Usage Note
Vonseiten (also written von Seiten) takes the genitive and means 'on behalf of' or 'on the part of': vonseiten der Polizei ('on the part of the police'). It is a formal, administrative preposition very similar to seitens, and the two are interchangeable in practice.
Examples
"Vonseiten der Gewerkschaft wurde ein Streik angekündigt."
Natural Translation
A strike was announced on the part of the trade union.
Literal Translation
On-the-part-of the trade-union was a strike announced.
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