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social system
The entirety of state-organized or state-supported institutions and measures that serve the social security of citizens. These include, in particular, social insurance programs such as health, pension, unemployment, and long-term care insurance.
Das deutsche Sozialsystem soll Menschen in Notlagen wie Krankheit oder Arbeitslosigkeit absichern.
The German social system is meant to protect people in emergencies such as illness or unemployment.
The word is made up of 'sozial' (social) and 'System' (system). Here, 'sozial' refers to society and the common good. So it is a system intended to ensure citizens' social security.
Jeder Arbeitnehmer zahlt Beiträge in das Sozialsystem ein.
Every employee pays contributions into the social system.
To understand the abstract word better, it helps to think of its concrete components. The German social system is based mainly on the five pillars of social insurance: health, accident, pension, unemployment, and long-term care insurance.
Die Rentenversicherung ist ein zentraler Teil des Sozialsystems.
Pension insurance is a central part of the social system.
In political and economic contexts, 'Sozialsystem' (social system) is often used with verbs such as 'finanzieren' (to finance), 'reformieren' (to reform), 'stabilisieren' (to stabilize), or 'belasten' (to burden).
Die Regierung diskutiert, wie man das Sozialsystem langfristig finanzieren kann.
The government is discussing how the social system can be financed in the long term.
welfare state
Both words relate to government-provided social protection. Der Sozialstaat primarily refers to the state and its political principle of ensuring social security; das Sozialsystem refers to the concrete institutions and measures used to do this. When talking about insurance programs or assistance, Sozialsystem is more precise.
Zum Sozialsystem gehören unter anderem die Kranken- und Rentenversicherung.
The social system includes health insurance and pension insurance, among other things.
Der Sozialstaat soll allen Bürgern soziale Sicherheit und faire Chancen bieten.
The welfare state is intended to provide all citizens with social security and fair opportunities.
