Apartment Hunting
I've had to pick up a great deal of vocabulary as we start the search for a place to live in Germany. Here are just some useful words, plus abbreviations used in housing listings.
das Haus - house die Wohnung - housing, apartment der Garten - garden, yard das Zimmer - room die Küche - kitchen das Bad - bath, bathroom das Badezimmer - shower room, bathroom der Waschraum - washroom, bathroom die Fläche - area, surface, space, square footage die Wohnfläche (Wfl) - living space der Aufzug - elevator der Fahrstuhl - elevator die Wohngemeinschaft (WG) - flatshare die Nebenkosten (NK) - utilities, incidental costs die Warmmiete (WM) - warm rent, rent with incidentals like heating included die Kaltmiete (KM) - cold rent, rent without utilities included mieten - to rent die Kaution (Kt/Kaut) - deposit der Nichtraucher (NR) - non-smoker behindertengerecht - handicapped accessible barrierefrei - accessible, barrier-free rollstuhlgerecht - wheelchair accessible das Dachgeschoss (DG) - top floor das Erdgeschoss (EG) - ground floor das Untergeschoss (UG) - basement die Tiefgarage (TG) - underground garage
