Polyglot Dictionary

Job

/dʒɔp/

der noun A1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Jobs

Meaning

  1. job (colloquial)

    A borrowed English word, common in everyday speech; Beruf is the more formal word for a profession.

    • Sie hat einen neuen Job gefunden.

      She found a new job.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Arbeit

Job (English loanword) is informal and often implies a specific, sometimes temporary position — "ein Ferienjob" (a holiday job). Arbeit is the general, neutral word for work or employment of any kind.

Practice

1 What does Job mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie hat einen neuen ___ gefunden.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Job?

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