A1Basics
Was sind Sie von Beruf?
What is your profession? (formal)
In German
Was sind Sie von Beruf?
Vahs zint Zee fon Beh-roof?
🇬🇧 English
What is your profession? (formal)
🇪🇸 Español
¿Cuál es su profesión?
🇮🇹 Italiano
Qual è la sua professione?
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Was | What | Question Word |
| sind | are | Verb (conjugated sein) |
| Sie | you (formal) | Pronoun (nominative) |
| von | of | Preposition |
| Beruf | profession | Noun |
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Grammar Point
Question word 'was' + formal 'Sie'
Variations
Was machen Sie beruflich?
What do you do professionally? (formal)
Welchen Beruf haben Sie?
Which profession do you have? (formal)
Related
I am a retiree (male).
Ich bin Rentner.
Ikh bin Rent-ner.
I come from the USA.
Ich komme aus den USA.
Ikh koh-muh ows den Oo-Ess-Ah.
I am married.
Ich bin verheiratet.
Ikh bin fer-hai-rah-tet.
I am thirty years old.
Ich bin dreißig Jahre alt.
Ikh bin drai-sikh Yah-ruh alt.
How old are you? (formal)
Wie alt sind Sie?
Vee alt zint Zee?
How old are you? (informal)
Wie alt bist du?
Vee alt bist doo?