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.
