Polyglot Dictionary

Genehmigung

/ɡəˈneːmɪɡʊŋ/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Genehmigungen

Meaning

  1. permit, approval

    • Für den Umbau brauchst du eine Genehmigung.

      You need a permit for the renovation.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Lizenz

Genehmigung is an official permit or approval, usually from an authority (a building permit); Lizenz specifically means a license, often for a right to do business or use something.

Similar in other languages

English

license

license is the English word for the same thing — both mean "permit, approval, licence."

Portuguese

alvará

Close — a permit is an alvará (licence).

Spanish

permiso

Close — a permit, approval relates to permission, a permit.

Practice

1 What does Genehmigung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Für den Umbau brauchst du eine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Genehmigung?

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