You will receive a discount on your BAföG loan if you repay it partially or completely early. The actual payment amount is then lower than the nominal repayment amount by the amount of the discount.
The prerequisite is that you want to repay at least EUR 500.00 early. You will be informed of the largest possible discount in the assessment and repayment notice from the Federal Office of Administration, which you will receive approximately 4.5 years after the end of the standard period of study.
You have from the day on which you receive the assessment and repayment notice until the day before the first date of repayment of the instalments to get the largest possible discount by early repayment. The discount will not increase the earlier you repay before this date.
You are free to accept the offer of early repayment by paying off the total amount reduced by the discount, or to start paying in instalments instead.
Even if you pay off your loan in installments first, you can still opt for early repayment in full or in part later and get a discount. The discount will reduce accordingly the lower the remaining loan amount is. In this case, please submit an informal application for a discount to the Federal Office of Administration. You will then receive a corresponding offer, which you can accept on the specified payment date.
Please note: You cannot "buy" a deferment of payment with an early partial repayment; the repayment period is only shortened towards the end. You remain obliged to pay the next regular instalments in accordance with the repayment schedule.