Polyglot Dictionary

Angestellter

/ˈanɡəˌʃtɛltɐ/

der noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Angestellten

Meaning

  1. employee

    Built from an- (at) + gestellt (employed).

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • an- at
  • gestellt employed

Similar words

Arbeitnehmer

Arbeitnehmer is the broad legal and economic term for "employee," as opposed to Arbeitgeber (employer); Angestellter specifically means a salaried, white-collar employee, as opposed to a blue-collar Arbeiter.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

empregado

empregado is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "employee."

Portuguese

funcionário

funcionário is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "employee."

Practice

1 What does Angestellter mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er ist ___ bei einer Bank.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Angestellter?

nouncompound

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