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[Sysman]

Bastaaaaaards!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'Tis merely agglutination.

agglutinate |əˈgloōtnˌāt|

verb

firmly stick or be stuck together to form a mass : [as adj. ] ( agglutinated) rhinoceros horns are agglutinated masses of hair.

• Biology (with reference to bacteria or red blood cells) clump together [ trans. ] : these strains agglutinate human red cells [ intrans. ] | cell fragments agglutinate and form intricate meshes.

• [ trans. ] Linguistics combine (simple words or parts of words) without change of form to express compound ideas.

DERIVATIVES
agglutination |əˌgloōtnˈā sh ən| noun

ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin agglutinat- ‘caused to adhere,’ from the verb agglutinare, from ad- ‘to’ + glutinare (from gluten ‘glue’ ).

HTH

[TykeMerc]

Whis is why I told you what the words were!

tim

In that case yes but there are quite a few others on this thread!!!

Cheers for that one though, as I said I'm ashamed of my total lack of foreign language ability.

[tim123]

I understand the general concept but haven't the foggiest what the actual words are.

Whis is why I told you what the words were!

tim

[expat]

That's your choice, but based on the many people that I have met you are in a very small minority.

Thank you

[darmstadt]

Darmstadt ...the BfA has now disappeared, and they told me the same thing when I started (blah blah it isn't worth it). However... it doesn't matter what they told you all those years ago, you just need to bear in mind that the newly formed Deutsche Rentenversicherungs Bund will be sending you a "Kontenklärung". This is now automatic, for anyone not paying in. They started doing it only last year. If you've already filled one out and they didn't question your Selbständigigkeit then you're in the clear. If you do get one, then expect them to send you a further questionaire about whether you have more than one Auftraggeber and do you have any employees, and if you can't say yes.....be afraid.

It looks like I'm okay. At the start of the year the Finanzamt tried to get me to pay Gewerbesteuer but after some to and fro'ing I stayed as Freiberufler and I do have more than one Auftraggeber (although this year its looking not so good that way!) Also, I registered as Freiberufler sometime ago (10 years or so) and that also counts. For quite a bit of information you can look here:

http://gulp.de/kb/lwo/scheinselbst/m...einselbst.html

Hopefully you don't get caught as it can cost up to €24,000!!!

[darmstadt]

I recommend the avoiding the English speakers, the pub, and Alte Sachsenhausen in general.

WHS, also

[TykeMerc]

It's just a fairly standard compound noun, we have them in English except that we don't leave out the spaces.

In English format this would be: Solidaritäts zuschlag steuer - Solidarity Supplement Tax.

tim

I understand the general concept but haven't the foggiest what the actual words are. Unfortunately unlike several of my close relatives (including an Aunt who teaches 7 modern languages) I possess zero foreign language skills. It is a source of shame for me that I'm lost when it comes to German.

[tim123]

Ok after "Solidaritätszuschlagsteuer".

It's just a fairly standard compound noun, we have them in English except that we don't leave out the spaces.

In English format this would be: Solidaritäts zuschlag steuer - Solidarity Supplement Tax.

tim

[Cyberman]

I recommend the avoiding the English speakers, the pub, and Alte Sachsenhausen in general.

That's your choice, but based on the many people that I have met you are in a very small minority.

[ThomasSoerensen]

I recommend the avoiding the English speakers, the pub, and Alte Sachsenhausen in general.

WHS

[expat]

You missed out there. Frankfurt is a great place and there are so many English speakers that language is no problem whatsoever. I fully recommend the Anglo-Irish pub in Alt Sachsenhausen.

I recommend the avoiding the English speakers, the pub, and Alte Sachsenhausen in general.

[Cyberman]

Ok after "Solidaritätszuschlagsteuer" I'm now convinced you lot are just making up words to confound those of us who can barely cope with UK tax let alone the German equivalent.

I'm rather glad I turned down the Frankfurt gig offered last week as I have all the foreign language abilities of a dead dog.

You missed out there. Frankfurt is a great place and there are so many English speakers that language is no problem whatsoever. I fully recommend the Anglo-Irish pub in Alt Sachsenhausen.

[TykeMerc]

Bastaaaaaards!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DimPrawn]

Does it have to be paid by a self-employed Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän?

I think this is covered in the Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübert ragungsgesetz

HTH

[expat]

Ok after "Solidaritätszuschlagsteuer" I'm now convinced you lot are just making up words to confound those of us who can barely cope with UK tax let alone the German equivalent.

Does it have to be paid by a self-employed Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän?