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A person who works in a company or organization for a limited period of time in order to gain practical experience in a profession. Often this refers to students or people just starting their careers.
Als Praktikant in der Redaktion durfte er seine ersten eigenen Artikel schreiben.
As an intern in the editorial department, he was allowed to write his first articles of his own.
A 'Praktikant' (intern) is a person who does a 'Praktikum' (internship, a temporary job) in order to gain 'praktische' (practical) experience. These three words are closely connected.
Sie macht ein sechsmonatiges Praktikum bei einer großen Firma.
She is doing a six-month internship at a large company.
'Praktikant' (intern) is a noun of the N-declension. This means it takes the ending '-en' in all cases except the nominative singular. This is a very common mistake among learners.
Ich spreche mit dem neuen Praktikanten.
I am speaking with the new intern.
Careful: 'der Praktikant' (the intern) is not the same as the English word 'practitioner'. A Praktikant is a beginner or a person in training (intern), while a practitioner is an experienced professional.
Als Praktikant lernt man die Grundlagen des Berufs.
As an intern, you learn the basics of the profession.
trainee / apprentice
A Praktikant works at a company for a limited time to gain practical work experience. An Auszubildender completes vocational training there in order to learn a specific profession. Praktikant is appropriate for temporary orientation, while Auszubildender is used for formal vocational training.
Als Praktikant arbeitet Jonas für drei Wochen in der Autowerkstatt und lernt den Beruf kennen.
As an intern, Jonas works at the auto repair shop for three weeks and gets to know the profession.
Als Auszubildender arbeitet Jonas in der Autowerkstatt und lernt dort den Beruf des Mechatronikers.
As an apprentice, Jonas works at the auto repair shop and learns the profession of mechatronics technician there.
