Berufung

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German

Etymology

berufen +‎ -ung

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈʁuːfʊŋ/
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  • Hyphenation: Be‧ru‧fung

Noun

Berufung f (genitive Berufung, plural Berufungen)

  1. appointment
  2. vocation
    • 1996, Klibansky Raymond with Patrick Conley, “Die Grenzen des akademischen Lebens sprengen”, in Merkur, volume 50, number 564, →ISSN, page 274:
      Das war aber noch vor Cassirers Berufung nach Hamburg.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (law) appeal

Declension

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