 | English  | German | |
 | contumacious {adj} [archaic] [stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority] | 232 aufsässig | |
| appropriate {adj} [body, authority] | 220 zuständig | |
| educ. titular {adj} [without real authority] | 107 Ehren- | |
| obedient {adj} [to authority] | 52 obrigkeitshörig | |
| admin. issuing {adj} [e.g. authority] | 32 ausstellend [z. B. Behörde] | |
| port {adj} [attr.] [e.g. authority, map, police, tour, town] | 30 Hafen- [z. B. Behörde, Plan, Polizei, Rundfahrt, Stadt] | |
| sovereign {adj} [supreme in authority] | 24 herrschaftlich [selten] [im Besitz der absoluten Herrschaft] | |
| titular {adj} [without real authority] | 10 nominell | |
| admin. pol. local {adj} [e.g. administration, authority, elections, law, politician] | Kommunal- [z. B. Verwaltung, Behörde, Wahl, Recht, Politiker] | |
| relig. magisterial {adj} [having doctrinal authority] | lehramtlich [das kirchliche Lehramt betreffend] | |
| magisterial {adj} [showing authority] | magistral [bes. schweiz.] [beeindruckend, gebieterisch] | |
| relig. spec. stavropegial {adj} [under the direct authority of a primate] | stavropigial | |
| Verbs |
| to keep sth. [preserve; e.g. authority, reputation] | 1550 etw.Akk. wahren [geh.] | |
| to warrant sb. [give authority, power] | 664 jdn. bevollmächtigen | |
| to diminish [price, authority] | 113 herabsetzen | |
| to invest [obs.] [with rank or authority] | 48 einsetzen [in ein Amt] | |
| Nouns |
| admin. administration [governing authority] | 2792 Verwaltung {f} | |
| law jurisdiction [to be within a court's authority] | 2279 Rechtsprechung {f} [der Rechtsprechung eines Gerichts unterliegen] | |
| admin. administration [governing authority] | 789 Verwaltungsbehörde {f} | |
| law jurisdiction [range of authority] | 392 Zuständigkeit {f} | |
| repudiation [of a debt, authority] | 301 Nichtanerkennung {f} [Schulden, Autorität] | |
| remit [formal] [area of authority or responsibility] | 243 Auftrag {m} [Zuständigkeit, Verantwortungsbereich] | |
| admin. pol. administration [governing authority] | 228 Behörde {f} | |
| law jurisdiction [range of authority] | 194 Zuständigkeitsbereich {m} | |
| bailiwick [fig.] [area of authority] | 138 Zuständigkeitsbereich {m} | |
| power [authority to do sth.] | 55 Befugnis {f} | |
| writ [authority] | 43 Macht {f} | |
| province [fig.] [area of authority] | 35 Kompetenzbereich {m} | |
| econ. law [authority to act as a (non-managing) director] | 34 Prokura {f} | |
| mil. command [authority] | 31 Gewalt {f} [Befehlsgewalt] | |
| jobsworth [Br.] [coll.] [pej.] [overbearing petty authority figure] | 31 Überzwerg {m} [ugs.] [pej.] [Bürokrat] | |
| admin. pol. jawboning [Am.] [persuasion by one's position or authority] | 20 Seelenmassage {f} [ugs.] | |
| admin. [regional authority in Baden-Württemberg and Hessen] | 15 Regierungspräsidium {n} [mittlere Landesbehörde in Baden-Württemberg und Hessen] | |
| pol. Bundesrat [upper house of the German or Austrian legislative or the chief executive authority of Switzerland] | 11 Bundesrat {m} | |
| mistress [a woman in a position of authority] | 11 Mistress {f} [Hausfrau, Herrin oder Lehrerin] [veraltet] | |
| mil. pass [written authority] | 9 Urlaubsschein {m} | |
| law [German authority in charge of fines] | 8 Bußgeldstelle {f} | |
| admin. hist. [regulation on the delegation of authority concerning land conveyance permissions] | 8 Grundstücksverkehrsgenehmigungszuständigkeitsübertragungsverordnung {f} <GrundVZÜV> [existierte 2003-2007] | |
| educ. [senior school authority, Germany] | 8 Oberschulamt {n} | |
| admin. [director of an intermediate regional authority between the administration of a Bundesland and that of a Kreis] | 7 Regierungspräsident {m} [in Deutschland] | |
| admin. educ. [education authority in an Austrian state] | 7 Landesschulrat {m} [österr.] [in Wien: Stadtschulrat] | |
| [authority charged with the reallocation and consolidation of agricultural land holdings] | Flurbereinigungsbehörde {f} | |
|  [Federal Motor Transport Authority] [Germany] | Kraftfahr-Bundesamt {n} [FALSCH für: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt] | |
| hist. law spec. [imperial town administered by intermediate authority, e.g. the nobility] | Mediatstadt {f} | |
| law [measures prescribed by the planning approval authority to protect or compensate the rights of property owners affected by public construction measures] | Schutzauflage {f} [Verwaltungsrecht] | |
| admin. naut. [port authority responsible for surveillance and attending to issues of security] | Hafenaufsicht {f} | |
| admin. naut. [port authority responsible for surveillance and attending to issues of security] | Hafenwache {f} | |
| med. naut. [port authority that ensures health regulations are met onboard vessels] | Hafengesundheitsbehörde {f} | |
| admin. hist. [prince with the authority to convene the states in his circle] [Holy Roman Empire] | kreisausschreibender Fürst {m} [Heiliges Römisches Reich] | |
| admin. hist. prefecture [administrative authority for part of an empire] | Statthalterei {f} [österr.] | |
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