Glossary
In our glossary, you can find a list of important terms related to work and life in Germany.
C
- Central Agency for German Schools Abroad (ZfA)
- Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB)
- Chamber of Commerce Abroad (AHK)
- Chamber of Crafts
- Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK)
- Child benefit
- Church tax
- Cluster project
- Collective agreement
- Collective bargaining agreement
- Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
- Comprehensive insurance
- Consumer advice centre
- Consumer protection
- Cost of living
- Culture of remembrance
- Current account
D
- DAAD
- Debit card
- Declaration of Commitment
- Declaration of Employment
- Demographic change
- Deutschlandticket
- Digital Statement on a Foreign Vocational Qualification (DAB)
- Dissertation
- Doctorate
- DSH – language proficiency test required for entry to a German university
- Dual studies
- Dual system of vocational training
E
F
- Family Benefits Office
- Family reunification
- Fast-track procedure for skilled workers
- Federal Employment Agency (BA)
- Federal Foreign Office
- Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB)
- Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF)
- Federal state
- Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG)
- Fictional certificate
- Foreigners authority
- Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services
- Freedom of movement
- Further training
I
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R
S
- Salary threshold
- Schengen Area
- Secondary employment
- Self-employment
- Semester fees
- Service Center for Professional Recognition (ZSBA)
- Settlement permit
- Shortage occupations
- Skilled worker
- Skills analysis
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- Social care insurance
- Social security card
- Social security system
- Soft skills
- Solidarity surcharge
- State examination
- Statement of Comparability
- Statutory health insurance patients
- STEM
- Student union
T
- Tax-free basic allowance
- TELC certificate
- Temporary employment / Subcontracted employment
- Tenancy confirmation letter
- Tertiary qualification
- Tertiary sector
- TestDaF – the test for German as a foreign language
- Third country
- Title of master craftsman
- Trade Office
- Trades and Crafts Code
- Training period
- Tuition fees
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