within built-up areas
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within built-up areas
Within the boundaries of a built-up locality, such as a town or village. The term is used mainly in connection with traffic rules.
Innerorts gilt für Pkw eine Höchstgeschwindigkeit von 50 km/h, sofern nicht anders ausgeschildert.
Within built-up areas, a maximum speed of 50 km/h applies to passenger cars unless otherwise signposted.
The word is made up of three parts: the prefix 'inner-' (inside), the noun 'Ort' (place/locality), and the adverb ending '-s'. It therefore literally means 'inside a locality'.
Bitte fahren Sie innerorts vorsichtiger.
Please drive more carefully within built-up areas.
As an adverb, 'innerorts' can be placed flexibly in the sentence. If it stands at the beginning in position 1, the verb moves to position 2. However, it can also stand after the verb.
Innerorts ist das Parken hier nicht erlaubt.
Within built-up areas, parking is not allowed here.
This word is used almost exclusively in the context of road traffic and traffic regulations. Typical topics are speed limits, parking bans, or right-of-way rules.
Wissen Sie, wie schnell man innerorts fahren darf?
Do you know how fast you are allowed to drive within built-up areas?
inner-city
Innerorts refers to the area within a built-up locality and therefore applies to towns and villages, especially in the context of traffic rules. Innerstädtisch, by contrast, refers to the center or core area of a city. So innerorts is the only suitable term for traffic in a village.
Auch in diesem kleinen Dorf darf man innerorts nur 50 Kilometer pro Stunde fahren.
Even in this small village, the speed limit within the built-up area is 50 kilometers per hour.
Auf dieser innerstädtischen Straße fahren täglich viele Busse durch das Stadtzentrum.
Many buses travel along this inner-city road through the city center every day.
