personal contribution / DIY work
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DIY work
Work or a contribution that a person does themselves instead of paying professional service providers for it, often in order to save costs, for example when building a house.
Durch viel Eigenleistung beim Renovieren konnten wir die Kosten für Handwerker deutlich senken.
By doing a lot of the renovation work ourselves, we were able to significantly reduce the costs for tradespeople.
The word is made up of 'eigen' (own) and 'die Leistung' (performance/contribution). It therefore describes a contribution that you make yourself and on your own behalf.
Die gesamte Planung war seine persönliche Eigenleistung.
The entire planning was his personal contribution.
The fixed expression 'in Eigenleistung' is especially common. It means that you do something yourself instead of hiring a company.
Wir haben das ganze Haus in Eigenleistung renoviert.
We renovated the whole house ourselves.
This meaning is very often used in the context of house construction, renovation, or gardening, usually with the goal of saving money.
Ohne die hohe Eigenleistung beim Bau wäre das Projekt zu teuer geworden.
Without the high amount of DIY work during construction, the project would have become too expensive.
This meaning is often found in the context of school, university, or work. Here it is about evaluating or describing the contribution of an individual person within a team.
Der Professor bewertet nicht nur das Gruppenergebnis, sondern auch die Eigenleistung jedes Studenten.
The professor evaluates not only the group result, but also each student's personal contribution.
contribution / post
'der Beitrag' and 'die Eigenleistung' can both mean that someone contributes something to a project or goal. 'Beitrag' is very general here: it can be work, an idea, or money. 'Eigenleistung' emphasizes more strongly that someone does the work themselves or shows their own individual contribution. The word is often used for projects, teamwork, or also when building a house, when costs are saved because not everything is done by professionals. In practical terms: 'Beitrag' is the general contribution, while 'Eigenleistung' is the contribution someone provides themselves.
Beim Hausbau spart die Familie Geld durch viel Eigenleistung.
When building the house, the family saves money by doing a lot of the work themselves.
Sein Beitrag zum Projekt ist eine klare Liste mit neuen Ideen.
His contribution to the project is a clear list of new ideas.