Polyglot Dictionary

Profit

/pʁoˈfiːt/

der noun B2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain Financial Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Profite

Meaning

  1. profit

    • Die Firma machte großen Profit.

      The firm made a large profit.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

ertrag

Ertrag is more about yield or output, like agricultural yield or investment returns; Profit is more specifically business profit.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

lucro

lucro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "profit."

Practice

1 What does Profit mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Firma machte großen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Profit?

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