Betrieb

Meaning

1. (masculine,strong,uncountable) operating or running a technical device, application or process, in other words planful activity under the exploitation of tools, connections and/or manpower with an inherent direction towards an economic result, industry, operation, verbal noun of betreiben
2. (countable,masculine,strong) the organizational unit of a company wherewith the entrepreneur pursues a work-technical purpose thus, works

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bəˈtʁiːp/

Etymology

A calque of Middle Low German bedrîf, like the underlying verb betreiben (from bedrîven). The noun is closer to the Low German form because of the preserved monophthong (instead of *Betreib). See the regular development in cognate Dutch bedrijf.

Sentences

Heute wird sie bei Vorführungen im Betrieb gezeigt .

Today, it is shown at demonstrations in operation.

Der ehemalige Hausbahnsteig wurde außer Betrieb genommen .

The former house platform was taken out of operation.