Furlough

"Furlough" in German

Ausgang

(leave of absence)

Freigang

(leave of absence)

Hafturlaub

(leave of absence)

Kurzarbeit

(period of unpaid time off used by an employer to reduce costs)

Urlaub

(leave of absence)

Zwangsurlaub

(period of unpaid time off used by an employer to reduce costs)

unbezahlter Zwangsurlaub

(period of unpaid time off used by an employer to reduce costs)

beurlauben

(to grant a furlough)

zwangsbeurlauben

(to bar (an employee) from working)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.