How many accommodation types are recognized in German?

How many accommodation types are recognized in German?

1/11/2013 11:16:52 AM

  • Unterkunft – the most general word that includes everything else (just like accomodation)
  • Hotel
  • Gasthof, Gasthaus – translates best as “inn”, may or may not offer rooms as well as food
  • Pension – similar to bed&breakfast, the most common in rurual areas
  • Berghütte, Hütte – shelter for hikers and mountaineers in alpine areas, generally offers only shared rooms
  • Ferienwohnung, Ferienappartment – apartment for short-term rental, will have bathroom and cooking facilities. May be part of a larger complex or the owner’s house.
  • Ferienhaus, Ferienbungalow – same, but implies a separate building
  • Jugendherberge – Youth hostel
4/24/2019 9:44:44 PM

One type of German accommodation for informal, budget, bucolic accommodation is a Naturfreundehaus, which literally means “friends of nature-house”. Those are youth-hostel style places in often quite stunning settings in the German speaking countries.

Naturfreunde-Hais Kolm Saigurn.
Naturfreunde-Haus Kolm Saigurn, Austria. Photo ⓒ unknown.

There exist similar accommodation in a handful of other countries, but those sections have nowhere near the density of the German speaking countries.

An international search-engine in German and English is available at www.naturfreunde-hauser.net.

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