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Memory Trick: Think of saying 'YOUR LOB' is to hit the ball on the beach court during your paid vacation.
Enjoy Urlaub on the sunny beach during your time off!
Memory Trick: Split the compound word: Leben (life) + Lauf (run / course). It literally traces your life's run, which is your resume.
A Lebenslauf tracks the course (Lauf) of your life (Leben).
Memory Trick: Break it into two parts: Vorstellung (introduction) + Gespräch (conversation). An introduction conversation is a job interview.
Introduce yourself (Vorstellung) in a chat (Gespräch) at your job interview.
Memory Trick: Compound of Feier (celebration/party) and Abend (evening). The evening when work ends is time to celebrate!
It's Feierabend—time to celebrate the end of the workday!
Memory Trick: Related to kündigen (to announce/terminate). Picture KUNDEN (customers) hearing the announcement that an employee handed in their resignation.
Giving notice at work ends in a formal Kündigung.
Memory Trick: Compound of Werk (work) + Zeug (stuff/things). Work-stuff is literally a tool.
Grab your work-stuff (Werkzeug) to get the job done.
How work vocabulary varies across Spain and Latin America.
Germany: der Lebenslauf
Austria: der Lebenslauf
Switzerland: das Curriculum Vitae (CV) / der Lebenslauf
Germany: der Auszubildende (Azubi)
Austria: der Lehrling
Switzerland: der Lehrling / der Stift
Germany: der Hausmeister
Austria: der Hausbesorger
Switzerland: der Abwart
Germany: die AU-Bescheinigung / die Krankmeldung
Austria: die Krankmeldung
Switzerland: das Arztzeugnis
Germany: die Frühstückspause / Kaffeepause
Austria: die Jausenpause
Switzerland: die Znünipause
Germany: das Homeoffice / die Telearbeit
Austria: das Homeoffice
Switzerland: die Heimarbeit / das Homeoffice
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