Vocabulary
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Quereinsteiger
/ˈkveːɐ̯ʔaɪ̯nˌʃtaɪ̯ɡɐ/· noun· Pl. die Quereinsteiger
career changer, someone entering a field from outside
Someone who moves into a profession without the usual training — a biologist in IT, a teacher in HR.
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Forms
- Singular
- der Quereinsteiger
- Plural
- die Quereinsteiger
- Genitiv
- des Quereinsteigers
- feminin
- die Quereinsteigerin (pl. die Quereinsteigerinnen)
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Quereinsteiger
a person who enters a job from a different field
Als Quereinsteiger musste er vieles neu lernen.
As a career changer he had to learn a lot from scratch.
Word family
Quereinsteigerder Quereinstiegthe move into a field from outsidequeracross, crosswiseeinsteigento get in; to start (in a job)
Common combinations
- als Quereinsteiger anfangento start as a career changer
- Quereinsteiger willkommencareer changers welcome
- der Quereinstieg in die ITswitching into IT from another field
Real examples
- Als Quereinsteigerin hat sie zunächst eine längere Einarbeitung bekommen.As a career changer she was first given a longer induction.
- In der Stellenanzeige steht ausdrücklich: Quereinsteiger willkommen.The job ad says explicitly: career changers welcome.
- Viele Firmen suchen inzwischen gezielt nach Quereinsteigern.Many firms are now specifically looking for people from other fields.
