profitabel
Translation
profitable, lucrative, remunerative
Examples
Das Geschäft ist sehr profitabel.
The business is very profitable.
Wir suchen eine profitable Investition.
We are looking for a profitable investment.
Grammar Patterns
predicative: to be + profitabel to be profitable The business is very profitable.
attributive: a profitable + noun a profitable ... We are looking for a profitable investment.
Similar Words
rentabel (profitable), gewinnbringend (lucrative); Antonyms: unprofitabel (unprofitable), verlustbringend (loss-making)
Etymology
Comes from 'Profit' (profit) + the suffix '-abel' (-able). Literally means 'profit-able'.
Memory Tips
It looks and sounds almost identical to the English word 'profitable'. If you know 'profit', you know 'profitabel'.