German · Arbeitsvertrag
You start a mini-job and ask about insurance: what to say in German
You take a mini-job and ask about insurance.
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How it's done. For a mini-job (Minijob) the employer asks for your insurance details in a form (Personalfragebogen); a mini-job does not give you health insurance by itself, so you need your own fund.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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YOU START
Ich habe einen Minijob bei Ihnen. Bin ich damit krankenversichert?
Eekh KHAH-beh IGH-nayn MEE-need-zhop bigh EE-nayn. Been eekh duh-MEET KRAHN-kayn-fehr-zee-khehrt?
I have a mini-job with you. Am I health insured through it?
Or say:Ist man bei einem Minijob auch krankenversichert?
Eest mahn bigh IGH-nem MEE-need-zhop owkh KRAHN-kayn-fehr-zee-khehrt?
THEY SAY
Über den Minijob allein nicht. Haben Sie schon eine Krankenkasse?YOO-buh dayn MEE-need-zhop uh-LIGHN neekht. KHAH-bayn zee shohn IGH-neh KRAHN-kayn-kuh-seh?
Not through the mini-job alone. Do you already have a health insurance fund?
They might also say:
Nein, allein dadurch nicht. Sind Sie anderweitig versichert?
Nighn, uh-LIGHN duh-DOORKH neekht. Zeent zee AHN-dehr-vigh-teekh fehr-ZEE-khehrt?
No, not through that alone. Are you insured some other way?
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YOU REPLY
Ja, ich habe eine Krankenkasse.
Yah, eekh KHAH-beh IGH-neh KRAHN-kayn-kuh-seh.
Yes, I have a health insurance fund.
THEY SAY
Dann tragen Sie die Daten bitte in den Personalfragebogen ein. Ich gebe Ihnen das Formular.Dahn TRAH-gayn zee dee DAH-tayn BEE-teh een dayn pehr-zoh-NAHL-fruh-geh-boh-gayn ighn. Eekh GEH-beh EE-nayn dahs for-moo-LAHR.
Then please enter the details in the personnel form. I'll give you the form.
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YOU FINISH
Danke, ich fülle es gleich aus.
DAHN-keh, eekh FYOO-leh es glighkh ows.
Thanks, I'll fill it in right away.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “German for life in Germany”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
habe
KHAH-beh
verb
I have
Minijob
MEE-need-zhop
noun
mini-job
Bin
Been
verb
I am
damit
duh-MEET
adverb
with it
krankenversichert
KRAHN-kayn-fehr-zee-khehrt
adjective
health insured
allein
uh-LIGHN
adverb
alone
29 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Können Sie das bitte wiederholen?
KYOH-nayn zee dahs BEE-teh vee-dehr-KHOH-layn?
Can you repeat that, please?
Können Sie bitte langsamer sprechen?
KYOH-nayn zee BEE-teh LAHNG-zuh-muh SHPREH-khayn?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Was bedeutet das?
Vahs beh-DOY-tet dahs?
What does this mean?
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