Berufswunsch

[bəˈʁuːfsˌvʊnʃ]

/[bəˈʁuːfsˌvʊnʃ]/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Berufswunsch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Berufswunsch
PropertyValue
HeadwordBerufswunsch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈʁuːfsˌvʊnʃ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#51,157
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Berufswunsch“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Berufswunschfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „beratenden“ (#51,156), „beschritten“ (#51,158), „Benzol“ (#51,155). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Berufswunsch“ bei #51,157. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Wunsch, einen bestimmten Beruf ergreifen zu können

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Berufswunsch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Es sind keine einfachen Jahre, aber als Arno aus dem Militärdienst entlassen wird, erfüllt er sich seinen Berufswunsch und wird Schmied.“
  2. „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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Berufswunsch"?
"Berufswunsch" is spelled B-E-R-U-F-S-W-U-N-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʁuːfsˌvʊnʃ].
What does "Berufswunsch" mean?
As a noun, "Berufswunsch" means: Wunsch, einen bestimmten Beruf ergreifen zu können
How do you pronounce "Berufswunsch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Berufswunsch" is [bəˈʁuːfsˌvʊnʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Berufswunsch" come from?
"Berufswunsch" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Berufswunsch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list