Den Mietvertrag kündigen
Eventually you may need to move again - ending a German lease (Mietvertrag) has specific notice-period rules and vocabulary, extending Lesson 8's apartment-hunting set and reusing kündigen from Lesson 51.
| der Mietvertrag | lease/rental contract | die Kündigung | termination notice |
| die Kündigungsfrist | notice period | die Wohnungsübergabe | apartment handover |
Quick check: what's the German word for "notice period"?
German residential leases typically require three months' written notice from the tenant, regardless of how long you've lived there - worth planning around well before you actually want to move:
Die Kündigungsfrist beträgt drei Monate. (The notice period is three months.)
Quick check: how many months' notice does a standard German lease typically require?
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, (Lesson 27/112's formal opening)
hiermit kündige ich meinen Mietvertrag zum [Datum]. (I hereby give notice on my lease as of [date].)
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Quick check: "I hereby give notice on my lease." - Hiermit ______ ich meinen Mietvertrag.
1. What's the German word for "lease/rental contract"?
2. What's the German word for "apartment handover" (the move-out inspection)?
3. Does the standard notice period depend on how long you've lived there?
Vocabulary cross-checked against the "Wohnen" topic in the Deutsch Online A1 course glossary; exact notice periods can vary by contract, worth double-checking your specific Mietvertrag.
Have a real lease you're trying to understand or terminate? Ask your teaching agent to go through it with you.