Die Wohnungssuche
This is where grammar meets your actual move: the vocabulary you'll need to read listings, ask questions at a Besichtigung (viewing), and describe what you're looking for. Every sentence here reuses grammar from Lessons 1-7 - articles, haben, word order - on new, high-stakes vocabulary.
| die Wohnung | apartment | das Zimmer | room |
| die Miete | rent | die Küche | kitchen |
| das Bad | bathroom | der Balkon | balcony |
| die Kaution | deposit | der Vermieter | landlord |
2-Zimmer-Wohnung, 55 m², Küche, Bad, Balkon.
Miete: 750 € kalt. Kaution: zwei Monatsmieten.
kalt ("cold") means rent excluding utilities - one of the first things to check on any German listing, since the number without "kalt/warm" specified is easy to misread.
Wie hoch ist die Miete? (How much is the rent?)
Ist die Kaution inklusive? (Is the deposit included [in this figure]?)
Wie viele Zimmer hat die Wohnung? (How many rooms does the apartment have?)
Notice Wie viele Zimmer hat die Wohnung - the same haben from Lesson 7, now describing the apartment instead of yourself.
Ich suche eine Wohnung mit zwei Zimmern.
Ich habe einen Balkon gern. (colloquial: "I like having a balcony")
eine Wohnung uses feminine eine - accusative, unchanged from Lesson 7, since die Wohnung is feminine.
1. What's the article for "Miete" (rent)?
2. "How much is the rent?" - Wie hoch ______ die Miete?
3. What does "kalt" mean on a rent listing?
4. "I'm looking for an apartment." - Ich ______ eine Wohnung.
5. What's the German word for "deposit"?
Vocabulary cross-checked against the official Goethe-Zertifikat A1 Wortliste and the housing topic in the Deutsch Online A1 course glossary.
Have a real listing you're trying to read? Paste it and ask your teaching agent to walk through it with you.