Housing Vocab
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# Zi.-Whg
#-room apartment
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# ZKDB
# rooms plus kitchen, hallway, bath
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# MMK
# monthly rents on deposit
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Abstand
indemnity payment, key money
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Betriebskosten
operational expenses
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Bruttomiete
total rent, including additional expenses (= Betriebskosten); they can be included in a flat sum or charged in installments in advance, which is to be cleared within one year after the end of the current year
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Courtage
(broker’s) commission, broker’s fee
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Dachgeschoß (DG)
loft apartment
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Einbauküche (EBK)
built-in kitchen
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Erdgeschoß (EG)
ground floor, (= 1st floor US counting)
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Hinterhaus (HH)
rear house
(might have little light in densely built areas)
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Gartenhaus (GH)
rear or side house
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Kaution (K)
deposit
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Kalt
heating extra
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Kaltmiete (KM)
cold rent, without heating expenses
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KN
kitchenette
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Maklerlohn
Courtage
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Maklerprovision
Courtage
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Nachmieter
tenant to take over an old contract until their personal contract starts
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Nebenkosten / Betriebskosten
operating expenses such as:
janitor, cleaning, property related insurances, sewage, trash disposal, etc.
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Nettomiete / Kaltmiete (= kalte Miete)
rent minus operational expenses,
usually – not necessarily – implying that they will be charged extra
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NMM (Nettomonatsmiete)
net monthly rent (usually referring to deposit)
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NR (Nichtraucher)
non-smokers
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öffentlich geförderte = preisgebundene Wohnung
publicly subsidized = controlled price
for an apartment; meaning that a raise in rent is usually not allowed (applicable only for limited income households)
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Preisfreie Wohnung
opposite of öffentlich gefördert (i.e., rent can rise)
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Provision (Prov.)
Courtage
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qm (Quadratmeter)
square meter (size of the apartment)
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Schönheitsreparaturen
Interior decorative repairs,
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TG (Tiefgarage)
underground garage
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VH (Vorderhaus)
front house
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Warmmiete
= Bruttomiete
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warme Miete
= Bruttomiete
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WBS erford.
= Wohnberechtigungsschein
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Wohnberechtigungsschein
(mit / ohne Dringlichkeit)
certificate (with or without urgency) entitling accommodation, enables people with limited income to have a publicly subsidized apartment
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Wohnfläche (Wfl.)
living space
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Wohngemeinschaft
shared flat, typically but not necessarily mixed sex
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WG
= Wohngemeinschaft
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WM
= Bruttomiete
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Zentralheizung (ZH)
central heating
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Zimmer (Zi)
room(s)
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zzgl. NK
plus operating costs
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