No. 11,345 in German
sozialstunden
Mandatory community service hours.
In a sentence
Er wurde verurteilt, zehn Sozialstunden abzuleisten.
He was sentenced to do ten hours of community service.
Here, 'Sozialstunden' refers to mandatory volunteer work assigned as a legal penalty.
Während seiner Sozialstunden hat er viel über Teamarbeit gelernt.
During his community service hours, he learned a lot about teamwork.
In this sentence, 'Sozialstunden' denotes the hours spent performing community service.
Manchmal organisieren Schulen Projekte als Sozialstunden für ihre Schüler.
Sometimes, schools organize projects as community service for their students.
Here, 'Sozialstunden' is used to describe activities arranged to fulfill community service goals.
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