Machine translation — not yet reviewed by the association. This page was translated automatically from German. It may contain errors. If in doubt, the German version applies.
Plain language instead of jargon
Abbreviations in social law
So that letters carry meaning again.
- Home
- Knowledge
- Plain language instead of jargon
- Abbreviations in social law
SGB XIV, OEG, GdS, BSA, AusglV … and at some point you just ask yourself: What does all of this actually mean?
Social compensation law is full of abbreviations and technical terms. We collect them here and explain them in plain words, so you don't have to look them up yourself every time.
Because understanding shouldn't fail because of three letters.
If you know more abbreviations, help our database grow and send them to us at kontakt@kein-einzelfall.de.
The team of KE!N EINZELFALL e.V. – victim support for social justice
There is nothing on this in the glossary yet.
#
- § / §§
- Section / sections (Paragraf / Paragrafen)
- 1. Kl.
- First class (1. Klasse, severely disabled ID card)
A
- a. F.
- Old version (alte Fassung)
- Abs.
- Subsection (Absatz)
- aG
- Exceptional walking disability (außergewöhnliche Gehbehinderung, severely disabled ID card)
- AIZ
- Anti-terror operations centre (Anti-Terror-Einsatzzentrum)
- AK
- Working group in police investigations (Arbeitskreis)
- Alt.
- Alternative (Alternative)
- AOK
- General local health insurance fund (Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse)
- AR
- Compensatory pension (Ausgleichsrente)
- Art.
- Article (Artikel)
- AU
- Incapacity for work (Arbeitsunfähigkeit)
- AUB
- Sick note (Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung)
- AusglV
- Compensatory Pension Ordinance (Ausgleichsrentenverordnung)
- Az.
- File reference (Aktenzeichen)
B
- B
- Accompanying person (Begleitperson, severely disabled ID card)
- BA
- Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit)
- BAG
- Joint medical practice (Berufsausübungsgemeinschaft)
- BARMER
- Barmer health insurance fund (Barmer Ersatzkasse)
- BAS
- Federal Office for Social Security (Bundesamt für Soziale Sicherung)
- BBB
- Particular occupational impairment (besondere berufliche Betroffenheit)
- BEM
- Occupational reintegration management (Betriebliches Eingliederungsmanagement)
- BerH
- Legal advice assistance (Beratungshilfe)
- Beschl.
- Decision (Beschluss)
- BfA
- Federal Insurance Institute for Salaried Employees, today German Pension Insurance Federation (Bundesversicherungsanstalt für Angestellte)
- BfDI
- Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit)
- BfV
- Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz)
- BGB
- German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch)
- BGBl.
- Federal Law Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt)
- BGM
- Occupational health management (Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement)
- BKA
- Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt)
- BKK
- Company health insurance fund (Betriebskrankenkasse)
- Bl
- Blindness (Blindheit, severely disabled ID card)
- BMAS
- Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales)
- BMG
- Federal Ministry of Health (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit)
- BPOL
- Federal Police (Bundespolizei)
- BRi
- Assessment guidelines (Begutachtungs-Richtlinien)
- BSA
- Compensation for occupational loss (Berufsschadensausgleich)
- BSchAV
- Ordinance on compensation for occupational loss (Berufsschadensausgleichsverordnung)
- BSG
- Federal Social Court (Bundessozialgericht)
- BT-Drs.
- Bundestag printed paper (Bundestagsdrucksache)
- BTHG
- Federal Participation Act (Bundesteilhabegesetz)
- BVerfG
- Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht)
- BVG
- Federal War Victims Relief Act (Bundesversorgungsgesetz)
- bzw.
- Or / respectively (beziehungsweise)
D
- DAK
- German salaried employees’ health insurance fund (Deutsche Angestellten-Krankenkasse)
- DRV
- German Pension Insurance (Deutsche Rentenversicherung)
- DRV Bund
- German Pension Insurance Federation (Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund)
- DSGVO
- General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR (Datenschutz-Grundverordnung)
- Dx
- Diagnosis (Diagnose)
E
- EGH
- Integration assistance (Eingliederungshilfe)
- EHS
- Supplementary support system (Ergänzendes Hilfesystem)
- EM
- Reduced earning capacity (Erwerbsminderung)
- EMR
- Reduced earning capacity pension (Erwerbsminderungsrente)
- ePA
- Electronic patient record (elektronische Patientenakte)
- ESF
- Compensation fund for damage from motor vehicle accidents under section 12 of the Compulsory Insurance Act (Entschädigungsfonds)
- etc.
- Et cetera (et cetera)
- EUTB
- Supplementary independent participation counselling (Ergänzende unabhängige Teilhabeberatung)
F
- FA
- Medical specialist (Facharzt)
- ff.
- And following (fortfolgende, e.g. § 12 ff.)
- FSM
- Fund for Sexual Abuse (Fonds Sexueller Missbrauch)
G
- G
- Impaired mobility (Beeinträchtigung der Bewegungsfähigkeit, severely disabled ID card)
- G-BA
- Federal Joint Committee (Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss)
- GA
- Expert report (Gutachten)
- GdB
- Degree of disability (Grad der Behinderung)
- GdS
- Degree of damage consequences (Grad der Schädigungsfolgen)
- gem.
- In accordance with (gemäß)
- ggf.
- If applicable (gegebenenfalls)
- GKV
- Statutory health insurance (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung)
- GKV-SV
- National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds (GKV-Spitzenverband)
- Gl
- Deafness (Gehörlosigkeit, severely disabled ID card)
- GR
- Basic pension under the Victims’ Compensation Act (Grundrente)
- GSG 9
- Border Protection Group 9, a police special unit (Grenzschutzgruppe 9)
- GStFSM
- Office of the Fund for Sexual Abuse (Geschäftsstelle „Fonds Sexueller Missbrauch“)
H
- H
- Helplessness (Hilflosigkeit, severely disabled ID card)
- HA
- General practitioner (Hausarzt)
- HAVS
- Hessian Office for Pensions and Social Affairs (Hessisches Amt für Versorgung und Soziales)
- HEK
- Hanseatic health insurance fund (Hanseatische Krankenkasse)
- hkk
- Commercial health insurance fund (Handelskrankenkasse)
- HS
- Severely visually impaired (hochgradig sehbehindert, severely disabled ID card)
- Hs.
- Half-sentence of a legal provision (Halbsatz)
I
- i. d. R.
- As a rule (in der Regel)
- i. R. d.
- Within the scope of (im Rahmen der/des)
- i. S. d.
- Within the meaning of (im Sinne der/des)
- i. V. m.
- In conjunction with (in Verbindung mit)
- ICD
- International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
- idF.
- In the version of (in der Fassung)
- IFG
- Freedom of Information Act (Informationsfreiheitsgesetz)
- Gives everyone the right to request information from public authorities about the records they hold. The association uses it in working group AG 02 to bring administrative practice in social compensation law into the open. Go to the working groups about “IFG — Freedom of Information Act (Informationsfreiheitsgesetz)”
- IfSG
- Infection Protection Act (Infektionsschutzgesetz)
- IKK
- Guild health insurance fund (Innungskrankenkasse)
- INTERPOL
- International Criminal Police Organization
J
- JC
- Jobcentre (Jobcenter)
K
- K
- Criminal police (Kriminalpolizei)
- KDD
- Criminal police standby service (Kriminaldauerdienst)
- KFürsV
- War Victims Welfare Ordinance (Kriegsopferfürsorgeverordnung)
- KfzHV
- Motor Vehicle Assistance Ordinance (Kraftfahrzeughilfe-Verordnung)
- KH
- Hospital (Krankenhaus)
- KK
- Health insurance fund (Krankenkasse)
- KKH
- Hospital (Krankenhaus)
- KKH
- Commercial employees’ health insurance fund (Kaufmännische Krankenkasse)
- KOM
- Senior detective constable (Kriminalobermeister)
- KOVVfG
- Act on the Administrative Procedure for War Victims’ Pensions (Gesetz über das Verwaltungsverfahren der Kriegsopferversorgung)
- Krh
- Hospital (Krankenhaus, also Krhs., Krkhs.)
- KSV
- Municipal Social Association of Saxony (Kommunaler Sozialverband Sachsen)
- KV
- Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (Kassenärztliche Vereinigung)
- KZV
- Association of Statutory Health Insurance Dentists (Kassenzahnärztliche Vereinigung)
L
- LDI
- State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit)
- LfD
- State Commissioner for Data Protection (Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz)
- lit.
- Letter within a legal provision (Buchstabe)
- LKA
- State Criminal Police Office (Landeskriminalamt)
- LKK
- Agricultural health insurance fund (Landwirtschaftliche Krankenkasse)
- LSG
- Higher Social Court of a federal state (Landessozialgericht)
- LTA
- Benefits for participation in working life (Leistungen zur Teilhabe am Arbeitsleben)
- LVR
- Rhineland Regional Association (Landschaftsverband Rheinland)
- LWL
- Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association (Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe)
- LWV
- State welfare association (Landeswohlfahrtsverband)
M
- m. w. N.
- With further references (mit weiteren Nachweisen)
- m. W. v.
- With effect from (mit Wirkung vom)
- MD
- Medical Service (Medizinischer Dienst, formerly MDK)
- MDK
- Medical Service of the Health Insurance Funds, today MD (Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung)
- MEZ
- Monthly compensation payment (Monatliche Entschädigungszahlung)
- MIQR
- Central German Institute for Qualification and Rehabilitation (Mitteldeutsches Institut für Qualifikation und Rehabilitation)
- MZ
- Marker on the severely disabled ID card (Merkzeichen)
N
- n. F.
- New version (neue Fassung)
- NBA
- New assessment procedure for care needs (Neues Begutachtungsassessment)
- Nr.
- Number (Nummer)
O
- OEG
- Victims’ Compensation Act (Opferentschädigungsgesetz)
- The Victims’ Compensation Act expired on 31 December 2023 and was replaced by Book XIV of the Social Code on 1 January 2024. Both are still relevant: there are cases under the old law and under the new law.
- OSG
- Organised sexualised and systematic violence (organisierte sexualisierte und systematische Gewalt)
- OVST
- Orthopaedic supply office (Orthopädische Versorgungsstelle)
P
- PB
- Personal budget (Persönliches Budget)
- PflVG
- Compulsory Insurance Act (Pflichtversicherungsgesetz)
- PG
- Care level (Pflegegrad)
- PI
- Police inspectorate (Polizeiinspektion)
- PIA
- Psychiatric outpatient clinic (Psychiatrische Institutsambulanz)
- PK
- Long-term care insurance fund (Pflegekasse)
- PKH
- Legal aid for court proceedings (Prozesskostenhilfe)
- PKV
- Private health insurance (Private Krankenversicherung)
- POM
- Senior police constable (Polizeiobermeister)
- PP
- Police headquarters (Polizeipräsidium)
- PsychKG
- Mental Illness Act of a federal state (Psychisch-Kranken-Gesetz)
R
- RA
- Lawyer (Rechtsanwalt)
- Reha
- Rehabilitation (Rehabilitation)
- RF
- Broadcasting fee reduction (Rundfunk/Fernsehen, severely disabled ID card)
- Rn.
- Margin number (Randnummer)
- RV
- Pension insurance (Rentenversicherung)
- RVG
- Lawyers’ Remuneration Act (Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz)
- Rx
- Prescription (Rezept)
S
- S.
- Sentence of a legal provision (Satz)
- Sb
- Caseworker (Sachbearbeiter)
- SBA
- Severely disabled ID card (Schwerbehindertenausweis)
- SBV
- Representative body for severely disabled employees (Schwerbehindertenvertretung)
- SEK
- Special deployment unit of the police (Spezialeinsatzkommando)
- SER
- Social compensation law (Soziales Entschädigungsrecht)
- Umbrella term for the rules under which the state compensates people who have been harmed by a violent act or by other events for which the state is responsible. The association works on this in working group AG 01. Go to the working groups about “SER — Social compensation law (Soziales Entschädigungsrecht)”
- SG
- Social court (Sozialgericht)
- SGB
- Social Code (Sozialgesetzbuch)
- SGB I
- Social Code, Book I: general part (Allgemeiner Teil)
- SGB II
- Social Code, Book II: basic income support for jobseekers (Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende)
- SGB III
- Social Code, Book III: employment promotion (Arbeitsförderung)
- SGB IX
- Social Code, Book IX: rehabilitation and participation of people with disabilities (Rehabilitation und Teilhabe)
- SGB V
- Social Code, Book V: statutory health insurance (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung)
- SGB VI
- Social Code, Book VI: statutory pension insurance (Gesetzliche Rentenversicherung)
- SGB VII
- Social Code, Book VII: statutory accident insurance (Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung)
- SGB VIII
- Social Code, Book VIII: child and youth services (Kinder- und Jugendhilfe)
- SGB X
- Social Code, Book X: social administrative procedure and social data protection (Sozialverwaltungsverfahren und Sozialdatenschutz)
- SGB XI
- Social Code, Book XI: social long-term care insurance (Soziale Pflegeversicherung)
- SGB XII
- Social Code, Book XII: social assistance (Sozialhilfe)
- SGB XIV
- Social Code, Book Fourteen (Sozialgesetzbuch Vierzehntes Buch)
- Has governed social compensation since 1 January 2024, replacing the Victims’ Compensation Act. The old law may still apply to acts committed before that date. Go to the entry ‘OEG’ about “SGB XIV — Social Code, Book Fourteen (Sozialgesetzbuch Vierzehntes Buch)”
- SGG
- Social Courts Act (Sozialgerichtsgesetz)
- SOKO
- Special investigation team (Sonderkommission)
- SoVD
- Social Association of Germany (Sozialverband Deutschland e. V.)
- SPV
- Social long-term care insurance (Soziale Pflegeversicherung)
- STK
- State security unit (Staatsschutzkommando)
T
- TBl
- Deafblindness (Taubblindheit, severely disabled ID card)
- TK
- Techniker health insurance fund (Techniker Krankenkasse)
U
- UBSKM
- Independent Commissioner for Child Sexual Abuse Issues (Unabhängige Beauftragte für Fragen des sexuellen Kindesmissbrauchs)
- UK
- Public-sector accident insurance fund (Unfallkasse)
- UKASK
- Independent Commission for the Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse (Unabhängige Kommission zur Aufarbeitung sexuellen Kindesmissbrauchs)
- Urt.
- Judgment (Urteil)
V
- VA
- Pensions office (Versorgungsamt)
- VA
- Administrative act (Verwaltungsakt)
- VB
- Entitled to benefits (versorgungsberechtigt)
- VdK
- Association of war-disabled persons, war survivors and social pensioners in Germany (Verband der Kriegsbeschädigten, Kriegshinterbliebenen und Sozialrentner Deutschlands)
- VersMedV
- Medical Care Ordinance (Versorgungsmedizin-Verordnung)
- vgl.
- Compare (vergleiche)
- VKH
- Legal aid in family proceedings (Verfahrenskostenhilfe)
- VSA
- Pensions office (Versorgungsamt)
- VwGO
- Code of Administrative Court Procedure (Verwaltungsgerichtsordnung)
- VwVfG
- Administrative Procedure Act (Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz)
W
- WfbM
- Sheltered workshop for people with disabilities (Werkstatt für behinderte Menschen)
- WR
- WEISSER RING victim support association (Weißer Ring)
Z
- z. B.
- For example (zum Beispiel)
- ZBFS
- Bavarian Centre for Family and Social Affairs, the pensions office (Zentrum Bayern Familie und Soziales)
- ZDG
- Civilian Service Act (Zivildienstgesetz)
- ZKA
- Customs Criminological Office (Zollkriminalamt)
- ZUG
- Arrest unit of the police (Zugriffseinheit)
Would you like to tell us something, get involved or simply be part of KE!N EINZELFALL?
Maybe you have an idea for a working group, a self-help group or a project. Maybe you would like to contribute something to Space for the unsaid.
Or maybe you simply want to get involved with your knowledge or your experience, your creativity or the wish to change something.
You don't need a finished plan. Sometimes something simply starts with someone saying: I have an idea. I want to contribute something. I need support. Or: I just want to be part of it.
And if you have questions about social compensation law (OEG/SGB XIV), the severe-disability ID, the care level or other support systems, or would like a personal conversation, you are welcome to contact us.
- TLS-encrypted
- Confidential & GDPR-compliant
- Quick exit at any time