Büro

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See also: buro, buró, büro, and büró

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ca. 1700, from French bureau (desk, office), which see.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /byˈroː/, [byˈʁoː], [bʏ-], [-ˈroː] (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /ˈbyːro/, /ˈbʏro/ (chiefly Switzerland, parts of western Germany)

Noun

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Büro n (strong, genitive Büros, plural Büros)

  1. office (room for working)
    Sie sitzt in ihrem Büro.
    She’s sitting in her office.
  2. office, bureau, agency (administrative department or service provider)
    Fundbürolost-property office
    Reisebürotravel agency
  3. (informal, collective) the staff of such places
    Der Chef lädt das ganze Büro zum Essen ein.
    The boss is inviting the whole office to dinner.

Declension

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Büro” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Büro” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Büro” in Duden online
  • Büro on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
  • “Büro”, in Atlas zur deutschen Alltagssprache[1], 2020