Registrul comerțului arată sediul social.

The trade register shows the registered office.

Breakdown of Registrul comerțului arată sediul social.

• a arăta: to show
• registrul comerțului: the trade register
• sediul social: the registered office

Questions & Answers about Registrul comerțului arată sediul social.

Why is it registrul and not registru?

Because -ul is the Romanian definite article attached to the end of a masculine/neuter singular noun.

• registru = a register
• registrul = the register

Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, unlike English, which uses a separate word such as the.

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Why does comerțului end in -ului?

This is the genitive/dative definite singular form of comerț.

Here it shows possession or relationship:

• comerț = commerce / trade
• comerțului = of the commerce / of trade

So Registrul comerțului literally works like the register of trade/commerce.

The ending -ului is very common for masculine and neuter nouns in the singular when they are definite and in the genitive/dative.

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Why is there no separate word for of in Registrul comerțului?