Zweitberuf
[ˈt͡svaɪ̯tbəˌʁuːf]
The verdict
“Zweitberuf” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein zweiter Beruf, den man aus finanziellen Gründen ausüben muss
Corpus desk
Index DE-zweitberuf · Zweitberuf · German
Zweitberuf · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zweitberuf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svaɪ̯tbəˌʁuːf] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zweitberuf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zweitberuf is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡svaɪ̯tbəˌʁuːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein zweiter Beruf, den man aus finanziellen Gründen ausüben muss".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Zweitberuf, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Zweitberuf, spelled Z-W-E-I-T-B-E-R-U-F.
Definition
- 1ein zweiter Beruf, den man aus finanziellen Gründen ausüben muss
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zweitberuf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Immer mehr Menschen müssen einen Zweitberuf ausüben.
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Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.