jobben

[ˈd͡ʒɔbn̩]

/[ˈd͡ʒɔbn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“jobben” is uncommon German (frequency #76,938 among 7,951 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,938
frequency rank, German
7,951
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine meist vorübergehende Tätigkeit mit dem Zweck ausüben, Geld zu verdienen

Key facts for jobben
PropertyValue
Headwordjobben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈd͡ʒɔbn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#76,938
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “jobben” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). jobben lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jobben is uncommon German at frequency #76,938 among 7,951 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈd͡ʒɔbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine meist vorübergehende Tätigkeit mit dem Zweck ausüben, Geld zu verdienen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for jobben, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is jobben, spelled J-O-B-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine meist vorübergehende Tätigkeit mit dem Zweck ausüben, Geld zu verdienen

This word in other languages

job(English)

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 "jobben"?
"jobben" is spelled J-O-B-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd͡ʒɔbn̩].
What does "jobben" mean?
As a verb, "jobben" means: eine meist vorübergehende Tätigkeit mit dem Zweck ausüben, Geld zu verdienen
How do you pronounce "jobben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jobben" is [ˈd͡ʒɔbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jobben" come from?
"jobben" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “jobben”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is J-O-B-B-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈd͡ʒɔbn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list