Vitamin B
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See also: vitamin B
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vitamiːn ˈbeː/, , , ,
- Secondary stress would fall on /miːn/ by default, but tends to be retracted to the first syllable.
Etymology 1
From Vitamin (“vitamin”), the umbrella term. This subgroup was categorised by Elmer McCollum in 1916 as water-soluble factor B (later vitamin B), hence the letter B.
Noun
Vitamin B n (strong, genitive Vitamins B, plural Vitamine B)
- (biochemistry) the Vitamin B complex (collectively), or a particular member of it (as totum pro parte)
Declension
Declension of Vitamin B
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Vitamin B | die | Vitamine B |
| genitive | eines | des | Vitamins B | der | Vitamine B |
| dative | einem | dem | Vitamin B | den | Vitaminen B |
| accusative | ein | das | Vitamin B | die | Vitamine B |
Related terms
Etymology 2
Humorous re-interpretation of Etymology 1, interpreting B as an abbreviation for Beziehungen (“connections”) and alluding to their vital importance. Compare Gulf Arabic فيتامين و (vītāmīn wāw, “vitamin W, i.e. nepotism”) and, more loosely, Persian بند «پ» (band-e p, “paragraph P, i.e. nepotism, cronyism”).
Noun
Vitamin B n (strong, genitive Vitamins B, no plural)
- (colloquial) connections (people with whom one is acquainted who can offer help and influence)
- 2019, “Die Kraft von „Vitamin B“: Wie man Empfehlungen zur Jobsuche nutzt”, in Joblog/Manpower, archived from the original on 31 December 2019:
- Gute Beziehungen sind Gold wert – und werden auch auf dem Arbeitsmarkt immer wichtiger. Vitamin B hilft bei der Jobsuche: Fast jeder dritte Job wird heute über Kontakte vergeben, erklärt das Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung in einer Studie.
- Good connections are worth a mint―and are getting more and more important in the job market, too. Vitamin B helps with job hunting: Nearly every third job is nowadays assigned via personal contacts, says the Institute for Job Market and Professions Research.