Beruf
German, noun/bəˈʁuːf/
Beruf is spelled B-E-R-U-F (5 letters) and appears 46 times per million words in written German, the 1,852nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beruf is a German masculine noun meaning “occupation, profession, trade, job, career” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “spezielle, erlernte Erwerbstätigkeit”.
What does Beruf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoccupation, profession, trade, job, career
- 2
masculinevocation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. spezielle, erlernte Erwerbstätigkeit
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Beruf
- Berufes genitive
- Berufs genitive
- Berufe plural
- Berufen dative definite plural
- Ber. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Beruf?
- /bəˈʁuːf/
- [bəˈʁuːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Beruf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Beruf in German?
Beruf appears 46 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).