Polyglot Dictionary

Gewerbe

/ɡəˈvɛʁbə/

das noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Gewerbe

Meaning

  1. trade, business

    • Er hat ein kleines Gewerbe angemeldet.

      He has registered a small business.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Handwerk

Handwerk is a skilled manual craft or trade (carpentry, plumbing); Gewerbe is the broader legal/economic word for any trade or business.

Similar in other languages

English

craft

Close — a trade relates to a craft.

Practice

1 What does Gewerbe mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er hat ein kleines ___ angemeldet.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Gewerbe?

noun

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