Vocabulary
das
Briefing
/ˈbʁiːfɪŋ/· noun· Pl. die Briefings
briefing (a short team meeting before service)
Das Briefing in a restaurant is the five or ten minutes before service: how many guests are booked, groups and allergies, what is off the menu, who has which tables. In many hotels people say Briefing, in others die Vorbesprechung.
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Forms
- Singular
- das Briefing
- Plural
- die Briefings
- Genitiv
- des Briefings
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
Briefing
short team meeting before work
Um halb sechs ist Briefing für den Abendservice.
The briefing for the evening service is at half past five.
Word family
Briefingbriefento brief (someone)das Debriefingdebrief (after)
Common combinations
- ein kurzes Briefing machento hold a short briefing
- im Briefing sagento say in the briefing
- das Briefing vor dem Servicethe briefing before service
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
die Vorbesprechung
Common learner mistakes
- der Briefingdas BriefingEnglish nouns in -ing are almost always neuter in German: das Briefing, das Meeting, das Training.
Real examples
- So, alle mal herkommen, zehn Minuten Briefing!Right, everyone over here, ten minutes of briefing!
- Im Briefing hat Malte gesagt, dass Tisch zwölf eine Allergie hat.In the briefing Malte said that table twelve has an allergy.
- Am Montag gibt es ein Briefing für alle neuen Kolleginnen und Kollegen.On Monday there's a briefing for all new colleagues.
