"Job" meaning in German

See Job in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /joːp/ Forms: Jobs [genitive], Job [genitive]
Head templates: {{de-proper noun|m,s:-􂀿with an article􂁀}} Job m (proper noun, strong, genitive Jobs or (with an article) Job)
  1. (biblical) rare form of Hiob Tags: form-of, masculine, proper-noun, rare, strong Form of: Hiob
    Sense id: en-Job-de-name-0ytBTlG6 Categories (other): Biblical characters Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /dʒɔp/ Audio: De-Job.ogg
Etymology: Ca. 1950, from English job. Etymology templates: {{ubor|de|en|job|notext=1}} English job Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,s}} Job m (strong, genitive Jobs, plural Jobs) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,s}} Forms: Jobs [genitive], Jobs [plural], strong [table-tags], Job [nominative, singular], Jobs [definite, nominative, plural], Jobs [genitive, singular], Jobs [definite, genitive, plural], Job [dative, singular], Jobs [dative, definite, plural], Job [accusative, singular], Jobs [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. job, position, employment Tags: informal, masculine, strong Synonyms: Stelle, Arbeitsstelle
    Sense id: en-Job-de-noun-zCzJ8-sA Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 23 40 4 32
  2. job, work, profession Tags: informal, masculine, strong Synonyms: Arbeit, Beruf
    Sense id: en-Job-de-noun-SH4NCi~0
  3. job, task, assignment Tags: informal, masculine, strong Synonyms: Aufgabe, Auftrag
    Sense id: en-Job-de-noun-1y4O2GkT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Ein-Euro-Job Related terms: jobben, Jobaussicht, Jobbörse, Jobmühle, Jobvermittlung
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "word": "Ein-Euro-Job"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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        "2": "en",
        "3": "job",
        "notext": "1"
      },
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      "name": "ubor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ca. 1950, from English job.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Jobs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jobs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Job",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jobs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jobs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jobs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Job",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jobs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Job",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jobs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "m,,s"
      },
      "expansion": "Job m (strong, genitive Jobs, plural Jobs)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "word": "jobben"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "word": "Jobaussicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "word": "Jobbörse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "word": "Jobmühle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "word": "Jobvermittlung"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "23 40 4 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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            [
              13,
              16
            ]
          ],
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            [
              13,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "If I get the job, I might be able to afford a car.",
          "text": "Wenn ich den Job kriege, kann ich mir vielleicht ein Auto leisten.",
          "translation": "If I get the job, I might be able to afford a car.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "job, position, employment"
      ],
      "id": "en-Job-de-noun-zCzJ8-sA",
      "links": [
        [
          "job",
          "job"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ],
        [
          "employment",
          "employment"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Stelle"
        },
        {
          "word": "Arbeitsstelle"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He’s very successful in his job, but his private life is a mess.",
          "text": "Im Job ist er sehr erfolgreich, aber privat läuft es überhaupt nicht.",
          "translation": "He’s very successful in his job, but his private life is a mess.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "job, work, profession"
      ],
      "id": "en-Job-de-noun-SH4NCi~0",
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "profession",
          "profession"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Arbeit"
        },
        {
          "word": "Beruf"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              11,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I have a job for you: mowing the lawn!",
          "text": "Ich hab ’n Job für dich: Rasenmähen!",
          "translation": "I have a job for you: mowing the lawn!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "job, task, assignment"
      ],
      "id": "en-Job-de-noun-1y4O2GkT",
      "links": [
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "assignment",
          "assignment"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Aufgabe"
        },
        {
          "word": "Auftrag"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dʒɔp/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Job.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/83/De-Job.ogg/De-Job.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/De-Job.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "jobb"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Job"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Jobs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Job",
      "raw_tags": [
        "with an article"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,s:-􂀿with an article􂁀"
      },
      "expansion": "Job m (proper noun, strong, genitive Jobs or (with an article) Job)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Biblical characters",
          "orig": "de:Biblical characters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "Hiob"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-Job-de-name-0ytBTlG6",
      "links": [
        [
          "biblical",
          "Bible"
        ],
        [
          "Hiob",
          "Hiob#German"
        ]
      ],
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        "(biblical) rare form of Hiob"
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ],
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        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/joːp/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Job"
}
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    "German informal terms",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German proper nouns",
    "German terms borrowed from English",
    "German terms derived from English",
    "German terms with homophones",
    "German unadapted borrowings from English",
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "cy:Books of the Bible"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Ein-Euro-Job"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "ubor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ca. 1950, from English job.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "Jobs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jobs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Job",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jobs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jobs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jobs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Job",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jobs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Job",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jobs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "Job m (strong, genitive Jobs, plural Jobs)",
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  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
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  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "jobben"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jobaussicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jobbörse"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jobmühle"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jobvermittlung"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
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            [
              13,
              16
            ]
          ],
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            [
              13,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "If I get the job, I might be able to afford a car.",
          "text": "Wenn ich den Job kriege, kann ich mir vielleicht ein Auto leisten.",
          "translation": "If I get the job, I might be able to afford a car.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "job, position, employment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "job",
          "job"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ],
        [
          "employment",
          "employment"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Stelle"
        },
        {
          "word": "Arbeitsstelle"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
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            [
              3,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He’s very successful in his job, but his private life is a mess.",
          "text": "Im Job ist er sehr erfolgreich, aber privat läuft es überhaupt nicht.",
          "translation": "He’s very successful in his job, but his private life is a mess.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "job, work, profession"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "profession",
          "profession"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Arbeit"
        },
        {
          "word": "Beruf"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
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            [
              11,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I have a job for you: mowing the lawn!",
          "text": "Ich hab ’n Job für dich: Rasenmähen!",
          "translation": "I have a job for you: mowing the lawn!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "job, task, assignment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "assignment",
          "assignment"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Aufgabe"
        },
        {
          "word": "Auftrag"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/dʒɔp/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Job.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/83/De-Job.ogg/De-Job.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/De-Job.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "jobb"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Job"
}

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    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German proper nouns",
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "cy:Books of the Bible"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Jobs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "raw_tags": [
        "with an article"
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    }
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      "name": "de-proper noun"
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  "lang_code": "de",
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      "ipa": "/joːp/"
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  ],
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}

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