Kündigungsfrist berechnen: letzter Arbeitstag nach Betriebszugehörigkeit und Probezeit
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 18 Oct 2026.Nach § 622 BGB können Arbeitnehmer mit vier Wochen zum 15. oder zum Monatsende kündigen. Der Arbeitgeber muss nach zwei Jahren Betriebszugehörigkeit einen Monat zum Monatsende einhalten, nach fünf Jahren zwei Monate und so weiter bis sieben Monate nach 20 Jahren. In einer Probezeit gelten zwei Wochen. Geht eine Kündigung des Arbeitgebers nach sieben Jahren am 20. Oktober 2026 zu, endet das Arbeitsverhältnis am 31. Dezember 2026.
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This calculator finds the last day of a job in Germany from the legal notice periods of § 622 of the Civil Code (BGB). Enter who gives notice, when the job started and the day the written notice arrives.
Counting the days (§§ 187, 188 BGB). The day the notice arrives does not count. Four weeks end on the same weekday four weeks later; months end on the same date, or on the last day of a shorter month. The last day of the job is then the first 15th or month end, or for the employer's periods the first month end, on or after that day. The page also gives the latest day a notice may arrive and still end the job on the same date.
Form. A notice must be in written form; the electronic form is excluded (§ 623 BGB). It takes effect when it reaches the other side. Contracts and collective agreements can set longer periods, and collective agreements shorter ones; this page shows the legal minimum.
The rest of the article, and all 6 questions about Germany Notice Period Calculator (Kündigungsfrist), are on the Germany Notice Period Calculator (Kündigungsfrist) page.
Under § 622 (1) BGB an employee gives four weeks' notice to the 15th or to the end of a calendar month, however long the job has lasted. A contract or collective agreement may set a longer period, but the employee's period may never be longer than the employer's.
Under § 622 (2) BGB the employer needs 1 month to the end of a month after 2 years of service, 2 months after 5, 3 after 8, 4 after 10, 5 after 12, 6 after 15 and 7 months after 20 years. Below 2 years the basic four weeks apply.
During an agreed probation of at most six months, either side can end the job with two weeks' notice to any day under § 622 (3) BGB. The two weeks are counted from the day after the notice arrives, and the probation itself may not be agreed for longer than six months.
A notice period starts the day after the written notice reaches the other side; the day of arrival itself does not count (§ 187 BGB). Four weeks then end on the same weekday four weeks later, and a period of months ends on the same date in the last month.
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