die Berufung
Meaning in English: appeal; vocation; appointment
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Für sie ist das Unterrichten eine echte Berufung.
For her, teaching is a true vocation.
Der, die or das?
Berufung is feminine: die Berufung. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ung are die in 224 of 226 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Berufung?
Berufung is number 3,055 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 28 times per million words — about once every 35,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,051spürento feel, to sense
- 3,052Kräfteforces, strength, staff
- 3,053liebento love
- 3,054das Eisice cream, ice
- 3,055die Berufungappeal; vocation; appointment
- 3,056der Songsong
- 3,057schlechtebad, poor
- 3,058die Beschäftigungemployment, occupation, activity
- 3,059die Partnerschaftpartnership, relationship
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,055
- The most common German nouns#1,287
- German C1 vocabulary#140
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#434
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.