remote work / home office
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remote work
The practice or organizational form in which professional tasks are done from home instead of at the employer's office. Often described as a state or situation.
Viele Firmen bieten ihren Mitarbeitern mittlerweile die Möglichkeit zum Homeoffice an.
Many companies now offer their employees the option of remote work.
home office
The physical workplace or study in one's own home that is used for professional work.
Ich muss mein Homeoffice noch mit einem besseren Stuhl ausstatten.
I still need to equip my home office with a better chair.
'Homeoffice' is a modern loanword from English, made up of 'Home' (home) and 'Office' (office). In German, the word is neuter: 'das Homeoffice'.
Mein Arbeitgeber hat das Homeoffice für alle Mitarbeiter eingeführt.
My employer has introduced remote work for all employees.
The word can describe the form of work or the physical place. 'Im Homeoffice arbeiten' (to work from home/remotely) refers to the form of work, while 'mein Homeoffice einrichten' (to set up my home office) means the room.
Ich bin heute im Homeoffice und nur per E-Mail erreichbar.
I'm working from home today and can only be reached by email.
When the form of work is meant, fixed expressions are often used, such as 'im Homeoffice sein' (to be working from home), 'Homeoffice machen' (to do remote work/work from home), or 'ins Homeoffice wechseln' (to switch to working from home).
Kannst du morgen Homeoffice machen?
Can you work from home tomorrow?
study
Both words can refer to the area used for work at home. „Arbeitszimmer“ explicitly refers to a room, while „Homeoffice“ usually refers to working from home and sometimes also to the workplace used for it. Use „Arbeitszimmer“ for the room and „Homeoffice“ for the form of work.
Für die Videokonferenz arbeite ich heute im Homeoffice.
I am working from home today for the video conference.
Für die Videokonferenz setze ich mich in das ruhige Arbeitszimmer.
For the video conference, I am sitting in the quiet study.
