B2 · 40 Wörter
Office work and documents
Meetings, files, deadlines — and the fixed phrases a German business letter is built from.
German office writing is more formulaic than its English equivalent, and the formulas are worth learning as whole phrases rather than word by word: Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren to open, Mit freundlichen Grüßen to close, anbei or in der Anlage for an attachment. The opening is followed by a comma and the next line starts with a small letter, which looks wrong to an English eye and is correct.
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Verb (10)
kopierento copyVerbA2
scannento scanVerbB1
beauftragento commission, to instructVerbC1
ablegento file, to take offVerbB2
archivierento archiveVerbC1
unterzeichnento signVerbC1
The formal register; unterschreiben is the everyday word.
weiterleitento forwardVerbB2
überarbeitento reviseVerbB2
nachhakento follow up, to pressVerbC1
genehmigento approveVerbC1
Adverb (1)
anbeiattached, enclosedAdverbC1
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