Work Experience and Part-Time Jobs

Describing work experience and part-time jobs is a common GCSE German topic that combines past tense narration, opinion phrases and workplace vocabulary. You need to describe what you did, where you worked, what you thought of it and what you learned.

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1. Part-Time Jobs (Nebenjobs / Teilzeitjobs)

German	English
Zeitungen austragen	to deliver newspapers
babysitten	to babysit
an der Kasse arbeiten	to work at the checkout
in einem Supermarkt arbeiten	to work in a supermarket
in einem Restaurant / Café kellnern	to wait tables in a restaurant / café
in einem Geschäft arbeiten	to work in a shop
Nachhilfe geben	to tutor / give private lessons
Hunde ausführen	to walk dogs
Rasenmähen für Nachbarn	to mow lawns for neighbours
am Wochenende arbeiten	to work at the weekend
in den Ferien arbeiten	to work during the holidays
Geld verdienen	to earn money

Key Phrases