Karrierist
German, noun[kaʁi̯eˈʁɪst]
Karrierist is spelled K-A-R-R-I-E-R-I-S-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 225,828th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Karrierist is a German masculine noun meaning “careerist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, dem Karriere über alles geht”.
What does Karrierist mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinecareerist
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, dem Karriere über alles geht
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 Karrierist
- Karrieristen genitive
- Karrieristin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Karrierist?
- [kaʁi̯eˈʁɪst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Karrierist
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Karrierist in German?
Karrierist appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).