Berufung

vocation

noun be-ROO-foong Rare

Origin: from rufen (to call)

Also means

appointment

Usage Note

Berufung carries the sense of a calling or vocation (einer Berufung folgen), but also the formal appointment to a professorship or office, and in law an appeal against a verdict. Context disambiguates these. From rufen (to call). Plural Berufungen.

Examples

"Für ihn war der Lehrerberuf eine echte Berufung."

Natural Translation

For him teaching was a true vocation.

Literal Translation

For him was the teacher-profession a true calling.

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