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Distributing (ausschüttend)
A fund or ETF that regularly pays dividends and interest out to you.
A distributing ETF (German: ausschüttend) collects the dividends of the companies it holds and pays them to you, usually annually, semi-annually or quarterly. The money lands in your cash account.
You can spend the payouts or reinvest them yourself. They are taxed once your saver's allowance is used up; for equity ETFs, 30 % is tax-free under German fund rules.
Example: you hold ETF units worth 20,000 euros with a 1.5 % distribution yield. You receive about 300 euros a year, and the unit value falls accordingly. Fund names often contain 'Dist' or 'Dis'.