Profit

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English

Etymology

Variant of Proffitt.

Proper noun

Profit (plural Profits)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Profit is the 17182nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1648 individuals. Profit is most common among Black/African American (66.38%) and White (29.13%) individuals.

Further reading

German

Etymology

16th-century borrowing from German Low German profit, borrowed in turn around 1400 from Lower Rhine Middle Dutch profijt, from Old French profit, porfit (“advantage, profit, benefit”), from Latin prōfectus (“progress, growth, knowledge”), from prōficiō (“to advance”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pʁoˈfiːt/, /pʁoˈfɪt/

Noun

Profit m (strong, genitive Profites or Profits, plural Profite, diminutive Profitchen n)

  1. profit

Declension

Declension of Profit
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Profit die Profite
genitive eines des Profites, Profits der Profite
dative einem dem Profit, Profite1 den Profiten
accusative einen den Profit die Profite

1Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

  • “Profit” in Duden online
  • “Profit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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