 | English  | German |  |
 | to work [to be active, esp. in an occupation or field] | 33 wirken [auch geh.] [tätig sein, bes. beruflich] |  |
Nouns |
 | jobs vocation [occupation, profession] | 647 Beruf {m} |  |
 | preoccupation [main occupation] | 498 Hauptbeschäftigung {f} |  |
 | pursuit [occupation] | 433 Betätigung {f} |  |
 | photo. photography [practice or occupation] | 89 Photographieren {n} [alt] |  |
 | jobs sideline [second occupation] | 28 Nebenerwerb {m} |  |
 | [occupation that requires formal training] | 24 Ausbildungsberuf {m} |  |
 | fish fishery [occupation or industry of catching or rearing fish] | 22 Fischerei {f} [als Tätigkeit oder Industriezweig] |  |
 | photo. photography [practice or occupation] | 14 Fotografieren {n} |  |
 | hist. scrip [treated as sg.] [occupation money after WW II in Germany and Austria] | 6 Dollarscrips {pl} [Spezialgeld für die amerik. Besatzungstruppe nach 1945] |  |
 | hist. bizone [British and US zones of occupation after World War II] | 5 Bizone {f} [vereinigte britische und US-Besatzungszone nach dem 2. Weltkrieg] |  |
 | geogr. hist. pol. [coll. , often pej., West German term for Germany's Soviet Occupation Zone, and then the GDR] | Zone {f} [ugs.] [bundesd.] [kurz für: Sowjetische Besatzungszone (SBZ), später auch pej. für: DDR] |  |
 | geogr. hist. pol. [coll. , often pej.: West German term for Germany's Soviet Occupation Zone, and then the GDR] | Ostzone {f} [ugs.] [bundesd.] [kurz für: Sowjetische Besatzungszone (SBZ), später auch pej. für: DDR] |  |
 | deoccupation [also: de-occupation] | Deokkupation {f} |  |
 | jobs dishwasher [occupation] | Spüljunge {m} |  |
 | hist. jobs iceman [occupation] | Eishändler {m} |  |
 | hist. jobs iceman [occupation] | Eismann {m} [ugs.] [Eishändler] |  |
 | hist. mil. Krümpersystem [Prussian Army short-term reservist training system during Napoleonic occupation] | Krümpersystem {n} |  |
 | agr. pasturage [occupation or process of pasturing] | Weiden {n} [von Vieh etc.] |  |
 | Romusha [Rōmusha] [forced laborers during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia] | Romusha {pl} |  |
 | educ. jobs schoolmastering [occupation] | Schulmeisterei {f} [veraltet] [Lehrberuf] |  |
 | jobs lit. writing [occupation] | Arbeit {f} als Schriftsteller |  |
 | jobs lit. writing [occupation] | Tätigkeit {f} als Schriftsteller |  |
2 Words: Verbs |
 | to be off [to be free from work, school, or some other regular occupation] | frei haben |  |
2 Words: Nouns |
 | hist. mil. Ruhr Crisis [Ruhr Occupation] | Ruhrkrise {f} [Ruhrbesetzung] |  |
3 Words: Nouns |
 | jobs care-giving work [occupation] | Care-Arbeit {f} |  |
 | jobs entry-level salary [of an occupation] | Einstiegssalär {n} [österr.] [südd.] [schweiz.] [sonst veraltet] |  |
 | jobs source of income [occupation] | Erwerbszweig {m} |  |
4 Words: Nouns |
 | hist. mil. Occupation of the Ruhr [also: occupation of the Ruhr] [1923-1925] | Ruhreinmarsch {m} |  |
 | insur. own-occupation disability insurance [covers one specific occupation, can include training period/apprenticeship] | Berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung {f} |  |
5+ Words: Nouns |
 | econ. law right of the first owner [right of the first occupant] [occupation theory] | Recht {n} der ersten Besitzergreifung [Okkupationstheorie] |  |