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refugee accommodation
A building or facility where refugees are temporarily housed and cared for.
Die Stadt hat eine ehemalige Kaserne als Flüchtlingsunterkunft hergerichtet.
The city has converted a former barracks into refugee accommodation.
The word is made up of three parts: 'Flüchtling' (refugee), the linking -s, and 'Unterkunft' (accommodation). An 'Unterkunft' is a place where one can 'unterkommen' (find a place to stay), meaning a place to stay. So it is literally accommodation for refugees.
Neue Flüchtlingsunterkünfte werden dringend benötigt.
New refugee accommodations are urgently needed.
'Flüchtlingsunterkunft' (refugee accommodation) is the common and neutral term used in the media and by authorities. It describes the function of the building in a factual way.
In der Zeitung stand ein Artikel über die neue Flüchtlingsunterkunft in der Stadt.
There was an article in the newspaper about the new refugee accommodation in the city.
Common verbs in connection with this noun describe living there or running the facility. Typical phrases are 'in einer Flüchtlingsunterkunft leben' (to live in refugee accommodation), 'eine Flüchtlingsunterkunft betreiben' (to run refugee accommodation), or 'Menschen in einer Flüchtlingsunterkunft unterbringen' (to house people in refugee accommodation).
Viele Freiwillige helfen dabei, die neue Flüchtlingsunterkunft zu betreiben.
Many volunteers help run the new refugee accommodation.
accommodation
'Unterkunft' and 'Flüchtlingsunterkunft' both refer to a place where people can live temporarily. 'Unterkunft' is general and can mean many different places, for example a hotel room, a vacation apartment, or a hostel. 'Flüchtlingsunterkunft' is much more specific: it is where refugees are housed and often also cared for. The words can be confused because 'Flüchtlingsunterkunft' contains the word 'Unterkunft'. The important part is the prefix 'Flüchtlings-': it says exactly which group and purpose the accommodation is intended for.
Heute besucht eine Sozialarbeiterin die Flüchtlingsunterkunft und spricht mit den Familien.
Today a social worker visits the refugee accommodation and talks with the families.
Sie findet heute eine Unterkunft für die Nacht, weil alle Hotels fast ausgebucht sind.
She finds accommodation for the night today because almost all the hotels are fully booked.