Büro

See also: buro, buró, büro, and büró

German

Alternative forms

• Bureau (archaic)

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^[1], 2020