What's your Occupation?
In German all occupations have a feminine and a masculine form. In most cases the feminine form ends in –in and sometimes features “Umlaute” as well. “Umlaute” are the little dots above the “ä”, “ö” or “ü”. For exam
German |
English |
Masculine form |
Feminine form |
Masculine/ feminine form |
| der Kellner |
die Kellnerin |
waiter/ waitress |
| der Gärtner |
die Gärtnerin |
gardener |
| der Arzt |
die Ärztin |
doctor |
| der Lehrer |
die Lehrerin |
teacher |
| der Koch |
die Köchin |
cook |
| der Designer |
die Designerin |
designer |
| der Architekt |
die Architektin |
architect |
| der Ingenieur |
die Ingenieurin |
engineer |
| der Autor |
die Autorin |
author |
| der Verkäufer |
die Verkäuferin |
sales assistant |
| der Übersetzer |
die Übersetzerin |
translator |
| der Musiker |
die Musikerin |
musician |
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However there are some exceptions, for example
German |
English |
Masculine form |
Feminine form |
Masculine/ feminine form |
| der Angestellte |
die Angestellte |
employee |
| der Krankenpfleger |
die Krankenschwester |
nurse |
| der Vorgesetzter |
die Vorgesetzte |
superior |
| der Friseur |
die Friseuse |
hairdresser |
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Zum Beispiel:
| Ich bin Übersetzerin |
I’m a translator |
| Er ist Architekt. |
He is an architect |
| Sie ist Ärztin. |
She is a doctor |
| Du bist Lehrer . |
You are a teacher. |
As you can see you don’t need to include an article, like “a” or “an”, in German, when talking about your occupation, whereas in English you do.
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