German noun, neuter · CEFR B2

das Berufsleben

Meaning in English: working life, career

Rank 4,617 of 5,000noun · dasLevel B2
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Example

Nach dreißig Jahren im Berufsleben geht sie in Rente.

After thirty years of working life she is retiring.

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Berufsleben is neuter: das Berufsleben. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Berufsleben?

Berufsleben is number 4,617 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 58,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

Related words in the list

Berufsleben is built from der Beruf (profession, job).

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 4,613hoffentlichhopefully
  2. 4,614Clubsclubs
  3. 4,615körperlichenphysical
  4. 4,616der Schattenshade, shadow
  5. 4,617das Berufslebenworking life, career
  6. 4,618DänemarkDenmark
  7. 4,619die Kassetill, checkout; health insurer
  8. 4,620anwesendenpresent (in attendance)
  9. 4,621das Erdbebenearthquake

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