Büro

See also: buro, buró, büro, and büró

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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)
    Fundbüro ― lost-property office
    Reisebüro ― travel 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
Declension of Büro [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Büro die Büros
genitive eines des Büros der Büros
dative einem dem Büro den Büros
accusative ein das Büro die Büros

Hyponyms
  • Fundbüro (“lost-property office”)
  • Hauptbüro (“main office, head office”)
  • Informationsbüro (“information office”)
  • Politbüro (“politburo”)
  • Reisebüro (“travel agency”)

Derived terms
  • Büroangestellte (“office worker”)
  • Büroarbeit (“office work”)
  • Büroausstattung (“office equipment”)
  • Büroautomation (“office automation”)
  • Bürobedarf (“office supplies”)
  • Bürodrehstuhl (“office swivel chair”)
  • Bürogebäude
  • Bürohaus (“office building”)
  • Bürohengst (“pencil pusher”) (pejorative)
  • Bürohochhaus (“high-rise office building”)
  • Bürojob (“office job”)
  • Bürokauffrau (“office clerk”)
  • Büroklammer
  • Bürokommunikation (“office communication”)
  • Bürokram (“office stuff, tedious paperwork”) (pejorative)
  • Bürokrat (“bureaucrat”)
  • Bürokratie (“bureaucracy”)
  • Bürolandschaft (“office landscape”)
  • Büroleiter (“office manager”)
  • Büromanagement (“office management”)
  • Büromaschine (“office machine”)
  • Büromaschinen (“office machinery”)
  • Büromaterial (“office supplies”)
  • Büromöbel (“office furniture”)
  • Büropersonal (“office staff”)
  • Büroraum, Büroräume (“office space”)
  • Büroschlaf (“sleeping on the job”)
  • Bürostuhl (“office chair”)
  • Bürotechnik (“office technology”)
  • Bürotisch, Büroschreibtisch (“office desk”)
  • Büroturm (“office tower”)
  • Bürozeiten (“office hours”)

Further reading
  • “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, 2020
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