Profit

See also: profit

English

Etymology

Variant of Proffitt.

Proper noun

Profit (plural Profits)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Profit is the 17182^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1648 individuals. Profit is most common among Black/African American (66.38%) and White (29.13%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Profit”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Etymology

16th-century borrowing from German Low German profit, borrowed in turn around 1400 from Lower Rhine Middle Dutch profijt, from Old French profit, porfit (“advantage, profit, benefit”), from Latin prōfectus (“progress, growth, knowledge”), from prōficiō (“to advance”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /pʁoˈfiːt/, /pʁoˈfɪt/

Noun

Profit m (strong, genitive Profites or Profits, plural Profite, diminutive Profitchen n)

1. profit

Declension

Declension of Profit [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Profit	die	Profite
genitive	eines	des	Profites, Profits	der	Profite
dative	einem	dem	Profit, Profite1	den	Profiten
accusative	einen	den	Profit	die	Profite

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Profit” in Duden online
• “Profit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache