German noun, masculine · CEFR A1

der Beruf

Meaning in English: profession, job

Rank 969 of 5,000noun · derLevel A12 forms in the list
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Example

Was sind Sie von Beruf?

What do you do for a living?

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Beruf is masculine: der Beruf. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Beruf in the top 5,000

These forms of Beruf are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Berufe#3,312
professions, jobsA2

Welche Berufe haben eure Eltern?
What do your parents do for a living?

How common is Beruf?

Beruf is number 969 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 92 times per million words — about once every 11,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 64% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Related words in the list

Words built on Beruf:

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 965die Reiherow, series; turn
  2. 966internationalinternational(ly)
  3. 967die Aktioncampaign, action; special offer
  4. 968gemäßaccording to, in line with
  5. 969der Berufprofession, job
  6. 970welcheswhich (neuter)
  7. 971Gemeindenmunicipalities, communities
  8. 972richtigeright, correct
  9. 973der Graddegree

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