C2 · 29 words
Spatial planning in German
Who decides what may happen on a piece of land, from the regional plan down to the gap in the street.
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Die Umlegung names two quite different operations, and the one a newcomer usually meets first is not the one in this list. In a planning office it is land readjustment: a block of awkwardly cut fields is pooled, the land needed for roads is taken out, and each owner is allotted a new plot that can actually be built on, in proportion to what they brought in. In a rented flat it means something else. Die Umlegung der Nebenkosten is the apportionment of the service charges, and a landlord who writes die Kosten werden auf die Mieter umgelegt is passing them on, not redrawing anything. What joins the two is the literal picture behind umlegen: to lay something down again, differently. The context nearly always settles it. Plots, owners and der Bebauungsplan point to the first sense; tenants, meters and an annual statement point to the second.
The words
Verb (1)
planierento level (ground)VerbC2
Regular; like every verb in -ieren it has no ge- in the participle: planiert.
Noun (26)
Grammar for these: The three genders · The plural
die Raumordnungspatial planning (above the municipality)NounC2
No plural. The state and regional level; the town’s own plans are die Bauleitplanung.
die Bauleitplanungland-use planning (by the municipality)NounC2
No plural. Covers both the Flächennutzungsplan and the Bebauungsplan.
die Planungshoheitplanning autonomy (of a municipality)NounC2
No plural.
das Gegenstromprinzipcountercurrent principle (each planning level shapes the other)NounC2
No plural. Planning runs from the top down and from the bottom up at once.
das Vorranggebietpriority area (conflicting uses excluded)NounC2
Plural: die Vorranggebiete. Binding, not merely a consideration.
das Vorbehaltsgebietarea where one use carries extra weightNounC2
Plural: die Vorbehaltsgebiete.
der zentrale Ortcentral place (a town serving its hinterland)NounC2
Plural: die zentralen Orte. The adjective declines: eines zentralen Ortes.
das Zielabweichungsverfahrenprocedure for departing from a regional planning targetNounC2
Plural: die Zielabweichungsverfahren.
die Raumverträglichkeitsprüfungregional compatibility assessmentNounC2
Plural: die Raumverträglichkeitsprüfungen. The older name is das Raumordnungsverfahren.
die Planfeststellungformal planning approval (for roads, railways, power lines)NounC2
Plural: die Planfeststellungen. The decision itself is der Planfeststellungsbeschluss.
die Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligungpublic consultationNounC2
Plural: die Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligungen. Anyone may comment, not only the neighbours.
der Träger öffentlicher Belangestatutory consulteeNounC2
Plural: die Träger öffentlicher Belange. Belange is the plural of der Belang.
die Normenkontrollejudicial review of a by-law (such as a development plan)NounC2
Plural: die Normenkontrollen. It attacks the plan, not a single permit.
die Zurückstellungdeferral (of a planning application)NounC2
Plural: die Zurückstellungen.
der Innenbereichbuilt-up area (in planning law)NounC2
No plural in this sense. The opposite is der Außenbereich.
die Geschossflächenzahlfloor area ratioNounC2
Plural: die Geschossflächenzahlen. Abbreviated GFZ.
die Umlegungland readjustment (redrawing plot boundaries)NounC2
Plural: die Umlegungen. In a tenancy the same noun means the apportionment of costs.
der Erschließungsbeitragdevelopment charge (for road and services)NounC2
Plural: die Erschließungsbeiträge.
die Erhaltungssatzungpreservation by-law (protecting a district’s character)NounC2
Plural: die Erhaltungssatzungen. The form that protects the residents is known as Milieuschutz.
die Innenentwicklunginfill developmentNounC2
No plural. The opposite is die Außenentwicklung.
die Nachverdichtungdensification (building more on land already in use)NounC2
Plural rare: die Nachverdichtungen.
die Baulückegap siteNounC1
Plural: die Baulücken.
die Brachederelict site, fallow landNounC1
Plural: die Brachen. A disused industrial site is die Industriebrache.
die Flächenversiegelungsoil sealingNounC2
No plural.
die Zersiedelungurban sprawlNounC2
No plural. Also spelt die Zersiedlung; the verb is zersiedeln.
der Speckgürtelcommuter belt (informal)NounC1
Plural: die Speckgürtel. Informal; literally a belt of fat.
Adjective (1)
Grammar for these: Adjectives after sein · Comparative and superlative
privilegiertpermitted in principle (in open countryside)AdjectiveC2
Said of a project: ein privilegiertes Vorhaben.
Phrase (1)
aus dem Boden stampfento conjure up out of nothing (build very fast)PhraseC2
Needs someone who does it; what appears by itself schießt aus dem Boden.
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