Career & Profession

Career & Profession

The “Career & Profession” set covers nouns for job applications, employment contracts, career and professional development. Learn nouns together with their German articles and notice the differences between similar terms.

The “Career & Profession” set covers nouns for job applications, employment contracts, career and professional development. Learn nouns together with their German articles and notice the differences between similar terms. Review the vocabulary in small groups and check which meanings you can recall without help. Connect new words with situations from your own life. Return to the terms you find difficult, compare their meanings, and gradually build a more precise and useful German vocabulary through regular practice.

The Career & Profession set teaches 20 German vocabulary items at CEFR B1, focused on B1 Mixed Nouns.

Word list (20) — audio and IPA

  • die Stelle ˈʃtɛlə — positiondie Stelle
  • die Bewerbung bəˈvɛʁbʊŋ — applicationdie Bewerbung
  • das Vorstellungsgespräch ˈfoːɐ̯ʃtɛlʊŋsɡəˌʃpʁɛːç — job interviewdas Vorstellungsgespräch
  • der Lebenslauf ˈleːbənsˌlaʊ̯f — CVder Lebenslauf
  • die Qualifikation kvalifikaˈt͡si̯oːn — qualificationdie Qualifikation
  • die Erfahrung ɛɐ̯ˈfaːʁʊŋ — experiencedie Erfahrung
  • die Fortbildung ˈfɔʁtˌbɪldʊŋ — further trainingdie Fortbildung
  • das Gehalt gəˈhalt — salarydas Gehalt
  • die Gehaltserhöhung ɡəˈhaltsʔɛɐ̯ˌhøːʊŋ — pay raisedie Gehaltserhöhung
  • der Arbeitsvertrag ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sfɛɐ̯ˌtʁaːk — employment contractder Arbeitsvertrag
  • die Probezeit ˈpʁoːbəˌt͡saɪ̯t — probation perioddie Probezeit
  • der Kollege kɔˈleːɡə — colleague, coworkerder Kollege
  • die Abteilung ˈaptaɪ̯lʊŋ — departmentdie Abteilung
  • die Führungskraft ˈfyːʁʊŋsˌkʁaft — executivedie Führungskraft
  • der Arbeitgeber ˈaʁbaɪ̯tˌɡeːbɐ — employerder Arbeitgeber
  • der Arbeitnehmer ˈaʁbaɪ̯tˌneːmɐ — employeeder Arbeitnehmer
  • die Arbeitslosigkeit ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sloːzɪçkaɪ̯t — unemploymentdie Arbeitslosigkeit
  • das Arbeitsamt ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sˌʔamt — employment officedas Arbeitsamt
  • die Teilzeit ˈtaɪ̯lˌt͡saɪ̯t — part-timedie Teilzeit
  • die Vollzeit ˈfɔlˌt͡saɪ̯t — full-timedie Vollzeit

Frequently asked questions

What CEFR level is “Career & Profession”?

“Career & Profession” is a CEFR B1 set. It targets learners at the B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

How many words does “Career & Profession” contain?

The set contains 20 German vocabulary items with translations in five languages. Most words include native-speaker audio and IPA transcription.

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