jobben
German, verb/ˈdʒɔbm̩/
jobben is spelled J-O-B-B-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jobben is a German verb meaning “to have a job, to work (especially in a temporary or minor position)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine meist vorübergehende Tätigkeit mit dem Zweck ausüben, Geld zu verdienen”.
What does jobben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to have a job, to work (especially in a temporary or minor position)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine meist vorübergehende Tätigkeit mit dem Zweck ausüben, Geld zu verdienen
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 jobben
- jobbt present singular third-person
- jobbte past
- gejobbt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- jobbend participle present
- jobbe first-person indicative present
- jobbst indicative present second-person
- jobbest second-person singular subjunctive
- jobbet plural second-person subjunctive
- jobbten first-person indicative plural
- jobbtest indicative preterite second-person
- jobbtet indicative plural preterite
- jobb imperative second-person singular
- habe gejobbt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gejobbt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- jobb! imperative singular
- jobbe! imperative singular
- jobbt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jobben?
- /ˈdʒɔbm̩/
- /ˈdʒɔbən/
- [ˈd͡ʒɔbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jobben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jobben in German?
jobben appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).