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Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "leistung" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.

Leistungen here would basically mean things like unemployment benefit, pension payments etc? https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/sozialversicherung-wirtschaftsweise-100.html
Not only that. It can also include various things that are covered by the social service things. Like dental care for example. So it’s not only about money you get directly. She is not a “Wirtschaftsweise”, by the way, she’s just a lobby plant. We just took close to one trillion of new debt and the person who wasted 11 billion on shady mask deals is running the strongest faction in Bundestag. I will not accept any “We can’t afford this” coming from these people. Sorry for waxing political, but they’re just brazen liars.
yeah, I feel like the current situation is a car crash and its going to get worse…I feel very pessimistic about all the decision making that is happening.
It was me by the way , I forgot I wasn’t logged in.
Its a funny word for me to get my head around. It can mean performance, which suggests effort, but it can also be something you receive (like a pension) when you are essentially not active.
Think of Leistung as “output”. That can be your output at work, the output of an engine, or the “output” of a social security structure. We pay, and it provides “output” in return. “Arbeit” wouldn’t fit because that’s more of a process and can’t include payments.
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Hat “Leistung” etwas zu tun mit “leisten”?