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Illustration of the A1 German word “der Ingenieur”, which translates to “engineer (male)”. A cheerful figure in a hard hat standing on a bridge they built themselves, the blueprint still in hand, the bridge curving gracefully over a canyon.

Ingenieur is part of German nouns A1–B1 and Goethe A1 vocabulary.

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derIngenieur, -e

engineer (male)

/ɪnʒeˈni̯øːɐ̯/

Examples — Ingenieur in a sentence

Mein Vater ist Ingenieur.

My father is an engineer.

Der Ingenieur arbeitet viel.

The engineer works a lot.

How to remember it

IN-ge-NI-eur sounds like 'in genius ear' — a brilliant engineer has a genius idea in his ear.

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die Ingenieurin , -nen

/ɪnʒeˈni̯øːʁɪn/

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feminine Ingenieurin — engineer (female)

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