What does WG mean when searching for apartments in Germany?
“Housing offers WG” means “rooms in shared flats” and “Housing offers not WG” means other housing opportunities (in this case mostly appartments). WG is a German abbreviation for “shared flat”. “Zwischenmiete” is rent-in-between, say if you want to rent a room in a shared flat or an appartment for a month or two. The best site in Germany for shared flats is http://www.wg-gesucht.de/ Shared flats are an economic way of housing. The majority of people who live in WG’s are students or young singles with low-income. I like WG’s bc they are a great way to make friends, especially when you are in a foreign country. When I was at uni I lived for a year in a WG where I was the only German, it was a lot of fun.
