shared apartment / flatshare
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shared apartment / flatshare
A form of living in which several people, usually not related, share an apartment and manage the household together. The abbreviation 'WG' is often used.
Als Student hat er in einer Fünfer-Wohngemeinschaft gelebt.
As a student, he lived in a five-person shared apartment.
The word is made up of 'wohnen' (to live) and 'Gemeinschaft' (community). A 'Wohngemeinschaft' is therefore literally a 'community for living'.
Viele Studierende gründen eine Wohngemeinschaft, um Kosten zu sparen.
Many students set up a shared apartment to save costs.
In everyday life, especially in spoken language and apartment ads, the abbreviation 'WG' is almost always used.
Ich suche ein Zimmer in einer netten WG in Berlin.
I'm looking for a room in a nice shared apartment in Berlin.
Common verbs in connection with a 'WG' (shared apartment) are: 'in einer WG wohnen' (to live in a shared apartment), 'eine WG gründen' (to set up a shared apartment), or 'ein WG-Zimmer suchen' (to look for a room in a shared apartment).
Wir wollen nächstes Semester zusammen eine WG gründen.
We want to set up a shared apartment together next semester.
Use 'in' with the dative for location ('in einer WG wohnen' — to live in a shared apartment) and with the accusative for direction ('in eine WG ziehen' — to move into a shared apartment).
Er ist gerade in eine neue WG gezogen.
He has just moved into a new shared apartment.
household / budget
'der Haushalt' and 'die Wohngemeinschaft' can both refer to people who live together in one apartment and organize shared matters. The difference lies in the perspective. 'Haushalt' is a general word for the people as an economic unit, for example when talking about costs, shopping, or forms. 'Wohngemeinschaft' describes a specific living arrangement: several people, often not related, share an apartment. So you can say that a 'Wohngemeinschaft' can be a 'Haushalt'. But not every 'Haushalt' is a 'Wohngemeinschaft', for example a family.
Anna lebt seit dem Studium in einer Wohngemeinschaft mit drei anderen Personen.
Anna has lived in a shared apartment with three other people since she was a student.
In unserem Haushalt kaufen wir die Lebensmittel immer gemeinsam ein.
In our household, we always buy groceries together.