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die Befugnis

B2 Noun frequency rank #9,949

What Befugnis means

Noun

  1. permission, authorization
  2. legal authority, capacity, competence

Forms

die Befugnis · die Befugnisse

Plural: Befugnisse

Pronunciation

Befugnis in a sentence

Er hat seine Befugnisse überschritten.

He has overstepped his authority.

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Befugnis is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #9,949 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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