What does Rentenversicherung mean?
The Rentenversicherung (pension insurance) pays pensions, for example in old age or if illness stops you from working.
die Rentenversicherung · die Rentenversicherungen (plural)
It is usually the Deutsche Rentenversicherung. From a certain age, it regularly sends you a pension statement (Renteninformation).
It sometimes asks you to check your insurance record (Versicherungsverlauf). If periods are missing, for example from abroad, report them.
You can file a Widerspruch against a Bescheid. The deadline is in the Rechtsbehelfsbelehrung.
The Rentenversicherung also pays for rehabilitation (Reha), so that you can keep working.
Example sentence
Die Deutsche Rentenversicherung bittet Sie, Ihren Versicherungsverlauf zu prüfen.
The Deutsche Rentenversicherung asks you to check your Versicherungsverlauf (insurance record).
What you can do
Keep employment contracts and payslips. They help if something is missing from your Versicherungsverlauf.
Related words
- Bescheid A Bescheid is a letter in which an office decides something about your case.
- Widerspruch With a Widerspruch, you tell the office: I do not agree with this Bescheid.
- Antrag With an Antrag (application), you ask an office for something, for example money or a permit.
- Nachweis A Nachweis is a document that proves something, for example your income, your rent or your address.