Bedeutung
Advancing in one's profession.
Kultureller Hintergrund
The 'American Dream' has a Polish equivalent often centered around 'making a career' in the West, though this is changing as Poland's own economy booms. In Polish corporations (often called 'korpo'), 'zrobić karierę' is often associated with moving from 'Junior' to 'Senior' to 'Manager' levels. Historically, Polish artists who 'made a career' abroad (like Chopin or Pola Negri) are treated as national heroes. The rise of 'influencers' in Poland has redefined 'zrobić karierę' to include fame on Instagram or TikTok.
Use with Adjectives
Make your Polish sound more natural by adding adjectives like 'wielka' (great), 'międzynarodowa' (international), or 'błyskawiczna' (lightning-fast).
The 'Karierowicz' Trap
Never call your boss a 'karierowicz' unless you want to get fired! It's a negative term for someone who is too ambitious.
Bedeutung
Advancing in one's profession.
Use with Adjectives
Make your Polish sound more natural by adding adjectives like 'wielka' (great), 'międzynarodowa' (international), or 'błyskawiczna' (lightning-fast).
The 'Karierowicz' Trap
Never call your boss a 'karierowicz' unless you want to get fired! It's a negative term for someone who is too ambitious.
Aspect Matters
Use 'robić karierę' when talking about your current journey and 'zrobić karierę' when talking about the ultimate goal or a finished success.
LinkedIn Etiquette
When commenting on a promotion in Poland, 'Gratuluję i życzę dalszych sukcesów w karierze' is a very safe and professional phrase.
Teste dich selbst
Fill in the missing verb in the correct form (past tense, masculine).
Mój wujek _________ wielką karierę w Niemczech.
We use the past tense masculine form 'zrobił' because 'wujek' is masculine and the action is completed.
Which preposition correctly completes the sentence?
Ona chce zrobić karierę ____ branży medycznej.
The preposition 'w' (in) is used with the locative case to specify a field or industry.
Complete the dialogue with the most natural phrase.
A: Czy Anna nadal pracuje jako stażystka? B: Nie, ona już dawno _________.
'Zrobiła karierę' implies she has moved up from being an intern to a successful position.
Match the sentence to the correct context.
1. Zrobić błyskawiczną karierę. 2. Robić karierę naukową. 3. Karierowicz.
These variations specify the speed, field, and personality type associated with career-making.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Visuelle Lernhilfen
Robić vs Zrobić
Aufgabensammlung
4 AufgabenMój wujek _________ wielką karierę w Niemczech.
We use the past tense masculine form 'zrobił' because 'wujek' is masculine and the action is completed.
Ona chce zrobić karierę ____ branży medycznej.
The preposition 'w' (in) is used with the locative case to specify a field or industry.
A: Czy Anna nadal pracuje jako stażystka? B: Nie, ona już dawno _________.
'Zrobiła karierę' implies she has moved up from being an intern to a successful position.
1. Zrobić błyskawiczną karierę. 2. Robić karierę naukową. 3. Karierowicz.
These variations specify the speed, field, and personality type associated with career-making.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Häufig gestellte Fragen
12 FragenNo, you can make a career in science, art, sports, or even as a parent (though that's more metaphorical).
It's unusual. Usually, it implies a public or professional sphere. For home life, we say 'spełniać się w roli rodzica'.
'Zawód' is your profession (e.g., teacher). 'Kariera' is your progress and success within that profession.
Yes, it is perfectly acceptable in formal and professional correspondence.
It's 'szczeble kariery'. You can say 'piąć się po szczeblach kariery'.
Usually, yes, but it primarily focuses on status and achievement.
Yes, 'zrobić karierę na YouTube' is a very common modern expression.
There isn't one direct phrase, but you could say 'nie odnieść sukcesu' or 'zrujnować sobie karierę' (to ruin one's career).
No, it's a standard neutral collocation used in all levels of society.
Yes, it means to become successful by accident.
'Uczynić' is very formal and archaic. 'Zrobić' is the natural, modern choice for this collocation.
Yes, in this phrase it is almost always singular.
Verwandte Redewendungen
odnieść sukces
similarto achieve success
awansować
builds onto get promoted
szczebel kariery
specialized formcareer rung/step
wyścig szczurów
contrastrat race
zrealizować się zawodowo
similarto fulfill oneself professionally
