German Organisation & Planning Vocabulary
This set covers the words you need to talk about organising anything, from die Planung of a trip to the Ablauf of a meeting. It also includes eintreten, which throws off a lot of learners because it doesn't mean "prepare" the way its context might suggest, it means "to occur" or "to enter," as when a situation eintritt. Watch der Ablauf too: English has no single word for "the way a process unfolds," so this one takes some getting used to.
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to organise
Wir müssen die Reise gut organisieren. — We need to organise the trip well.
- planenA2
to plan
Wir sollen zusammen eine Klassenparty planen. — We should plan a class party together.
prepare
Morgen mache ich eine Party. Ich muss noch viel dafür vorbereiten. — Tomorrow I'm having a party. I still need to prepare a lot for it.
plural: die Zeitpläne
schedule
Der Zeitplan für das Projekt ist eng. — The schedule for the project is tight.
plural: die Abläufe
procedure
Der Ablauf der Sitzung wurde kurz erklärt. — The procedure of the meeting was briefly explained.
plural: die Bereiche
area, field, range
In welchem Bereich möchten Sie arbeiten? — In which field would you like to work?
plural: die Details
detail
Dieses Detail ist unwichtig. — This detail is unimportant.
enter, occur
Letztes Jahr bin ich in einen Sportverein eingetreten. — Last year I joined a sports club.
- ordnenB1
to arrange
Letztes Wochenende habe ich meine Papiere geordnet. — Last weekend I organized my papers.
plural: die Planungen
planning
Unsere Planung für das Sommerfest steht schon lange. — Our planning for the summer festival has been set for a long time.
plural: die Reihenfolgen
sequence, order
Achten Sie auf die Reihenfolge der Inhaltspunkte. — Pay attention to the sequence of the content points.
plural: die Vorbereitungen
preparation
Nächste Woche beginnen wir mit der Vorbereitung für die Prüfung. — Next week we start preparing for the exam.
preparations / measures
Er traf Anstalten, um das Fest zu organisieren. — He made preparations to organize the party.
plural: die Aufgaben
task
Die Aufgabe war schwierig aber lösbar. — The task was difficult but solvable.
- bündelnB2
to bundle / focus / concentrate
Wir bündeln unsere Kräfte für dieses Projekt. — We concentrate our efforts for this project.
plural: die Einheiten
unity
Die Partei betont die Einheit ihrer Mitglieder. — The party emphasizes the unity of its members.
How to learn this set
Six of these nouns are feminine and end in -ung: die Planung, die Vorbereitung, plus two verbs you'll recognize planen and vorbereiten as their roots. Once you see that vorbereiten becomes die Vorbereitung, you can predict the gender and spelling of dozens of other -ung nouns for free. Drill the verb pairs together: organisieren/die Organisation isn't in this set but planen/die Planung and vorbereiten/die Vorbereitung are, so practice them as pairs rather than isolated words. For der Ablauf, der Bereich, and die Reihenfolge, build one sentence that uses all three, since they show up together constantly in workplace and project German.
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Frequently asked questions
Ist der Zeitplan der gleiche wie die Planung?
No. Die Planung is the general activity of planning, while der Zeitplan is the concrete result: a schedule with times and dates attached to it.
Was ist der Unterschied zwischen der Ablauf und die Reihenfolge?
Der Ablauf is the whole procedure or how something runs from start to finish, like the Ablauf of a meeting. Die Reihenfolge is just the order that individual items or steps come in, without describing the process itself.
Was bedeutet Anstalten treffen?
It means to make preparations or get ready to do something, often something specific and slightly formal. It almost always appears in the fixed phrase Anstalten treffen or Anstalten machen, not as a standalone word.
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