Berufswunsch
[bəˈʁuːfsˌvʊnʃ]
The verdict
“Berufswunsch” is uncommon German (frequency #51,157 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,157
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wunsch, einen bestimmten Beruf ergreifen zu können
Corpus desk
Index DE-berufswunsch · Berufswunsch · German
Berufswunsch · rank #51,157 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,157
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH beratenden
Nearest frequency peer: beratenden (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Berufswunsch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- bent
bent
48,847 corpus weight
- Benzol
Benzol
48,846 corpus weight
- beratenden
beratenden
48,845 corpus weight
- Berufswunsch
Berufswunsch
48,844 corpus weight
- beschritten
beschritten
48,843 corpus weight
- beschwichti…
beschwichtigen
48,842 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Berufswunsch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Berufswunsch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈʁuːfsˌvʊnʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #51,157 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Berufswunsch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Berufswunsch is uncommon German at frequency #51,157 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈʁuːfsˌvʊnʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wunsch, einen bestimmten Beruf ergreifen zu können".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Berufswunsch in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Berufswunsch, spelled B-E-R-U-F-S-W-U-N-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Wunsch, einen bestimmten Beruf ergreifen zu können
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Berufswunsch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es sind keine einfachen Jahre, aber als Arno aus dem Militärdienst entlassen wird, erfüllt er sich seinen Berufswunsch und wird Schmied.“
„Er entsprach auch keineswegs den damaligen Berufswünschen Roman Bertinis, der Jockey werden wollte, weil er klein und leicht war wie eine Feder, so daß jeder sagte, er müsse später Jockey werden.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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