Reisebüro

German

Reisebüro

Alternative forms

• Reisbüro, Reisbureau, Reisebureau (obsolete)

Etymology

Ca. 1868, from Reise (“travel, voyage”) +‎ Büro (“office”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁaɪ̯zəbyˌʁoː]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Rei‧se‧bü‧ro

Noun

Reisebüro n (strong, genitive Reisebüros, plural Reisebüros)

1. (tourism) travel agency

   Synonym: Reiseagentur (see below)

Usage notes

• Larger travel agency companies are usually called Reiseagentur, while Reisebüro refers to any of their branch offices. Reisebüro may also refer to the company as a whole, especially when it is a smaller agency with at most a handful of offices.

Declension

Declension of Reisebüro [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Reisebüro	die	Reisebüros
genitive	eines	des	Reisebüros	der	Reisebüros
dative	einem	dem	Reisebüro	den	Reisebüros
accusative	ein	das	Reisebüro	die	Reisebüros

Hypernyms

• Geschäft

Descendants

• →? Danish: rejsebureau (calque)
• →? Dutch: reisbureau (calque)
• →? Norwegian: reisebyrå (calque)

Further reading

• “Reisebüro” in Duden online
• “Reisebüro”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Reisebüro” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon