"main occupation" in German main occupation Hauptbeschäftigung Detailed translations for "main occupation" main occupation main occupation(also: regular occupation, preoccupation) die Hauptbeschäftigung{feminine} The main occupation of the Chinese is to find old Chinese proverbs. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Die Hauptbeschäftigung der Chinesen ist, alte chinesische Wörter zu erfinden.