BLL German/Vocabulary/Professions
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This table gives you both the male and the female forms of each profession. Often the female form can be deducted by just adding -in to the male one, e. g. "Schauspieler"(actor) becomes "Schauspielerin"(actress). Sometimes this addition precipitates a vowel change in the rest of the word, the -in replaces a few letters of the male word or the change is completely different. For those cases, I shall provide the full female profession name next to the male one.
| Professions (male/female) | |
|---|---|
| German | English |
| Angestellter / Angestellte | employee |
| Apotheker / -in | pharmacist, chemist |
| Architekt / -in | architect |
| Arzt / Ärztin | physician, doctor |
| Bauer / Bäuerin | farmer |
| Beamter / Beamtin | civil servant |
| Buchhalter / -in | accountant, bookkeeper |
| Dolmetscher / -in | interpreter |
| Fahrer / -in | driver |
| Feuerwehrmann / Feuerwehrfrau | fire fighter |
| Fremdenführer / -in | tourist guide |
| Handwerker / -in | craftsman |
| Ingenieur / -in | engineer |
| Journalist / -in | journalist |
| Kaufmann / Kauffrau | merchant, businessman |
| Kellner / -in | waiter / waitress |
| Koch / Köchin | cook |
| Lehrer / -in | teacher |
| Maler / -in | painter |
| Musiker / -in | musician |
| Politiker / -in | politician |
| Psychiater / -in | psychiatrist |
| Putzfrau (male form unusual, use "Raumpfleger" instead) | cleaning woman |
| Rechtsanwalt / Rechtsanwältin | lawyer, attorney-at-law |
| Richter / -in | judge |
| Schriftsteller / -in | writer, author |
| Soldat / -in | soldier |
| Tierarzt / Tierärztin | veterinarian |
| Verkäufer / -in | salesperson |
| Vertreter / -in | representative |
| Übersetzer / -in | translator |
This list isn't exhaustive. Feel free to contribute more professions or sound files for the existing ones.
