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Ελληνικά📚 Glossary — 220 German official terms explained
220 German official terms — simply explained
8 terms found
Warmmiete (warm rent)
Total rent including utilities (heating, water, waste, etc.) — also called gross rent.
The total rent is €950 — of which €700 is base rent and €250 is utilities.
Housing
Werkvertrag (work contract)
Contract for the creation of a specific work or result — not an employment relationship, but watch out for sham self-employment.
The cleaning company works on a work contract basis for our office.
Work
Widerspruch (objection)
Formal legal remedy against an administrative act (notice) — deadline: typically 1 month from service.
I filed an objection to the rejection notice within one month.
Law
Winterdienst (winter maintenance)
Obligation to clear snow and spread salt on sidewalks — often transferred to tenants by lease agreement.
According to my lease, I am responsible for winter maintenance in front of the house.
Daily life
Wohnberechtigungsschein (WBS) (housing certificate)
Certificate entitling one to rent a public housing apartment — income limits apply.
With a WBS, I can rent an affordable public housing apartment.
Housing
Wohngeld (housing allowance)
State subsidy for rent for low-income households — application submitted to the housing allowance office.
Since the 2023 reform, significantly more households are entitled to housing allowance.
Housing
Wohnungsgeberbestätigung (landlord confirmation)
Written confirmation from the landlord of the move-in — mandatory since 2015, required for registration.
Without confirmation from the landlord, I cannot register.
Housing
Wohnungsübergabe (flat handover)
Documented handover of the apartment to the tenant (move-in) or back to the landlord (move-out) — defects are recorded in the protocol.
During the apartment handover, we documented all scratches in the handover protocol.
Housing