karrieregeil
German, adjective/kaˈri̯eːrəɡaɪ̯l/
karrieregeil is spelled K-A-R-R-I-E-R-E-G-E-I-L (12 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written German, the 470,264th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Karrieregeil is a German adjective meaning “career-mad, career-obsessed, career-bent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “übertrieben karrieristisch, alles der eigenen Karriere unterordnend”.
What does karrieregeil mean in English?
adjective
- 1
derogatorycareer-mad, career-obsessed, career-bent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. übertrieben karrieristisch, alles der eigenen Karriere unterordnend
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 karrieregeil
- karrieregeiler masculine nominative singular
- karrieregeile feminine nominative singular
- karrieregeiles neuter nominative singular
- karrieregeilen genitive masculine singular
- karrieregeilem dative masculine singular
- der karrieregeile definite includes-article masculine
- die karrieregeile definite feminine includes-article
- das karrieregeile definite includes-article neuter
- die karrieregeilen definite includes-article nominative
- des karrieregeilen definite genitive includes-article
- der karrieregeilen definite feminine genitive
- dem karrieregeilen dative definite includes-article
- den karrieregeilen dative definite includes-article
- am karrieregeilsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce karrieregeil?
- /kaˈri̯eːrəɡaɪ̯l/
- [kaˈʁi̯eːʁəˌɡaɪ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is karrieregeil in German?
karrieregeil appears about once in every 59 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).