Polyglot Dictionary

Arbeit

/ˈaʁbaɪ̯t/

die noun A1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural (rare — usually uncountable)
die Arbeiten

Meaning

  1. work, job, labour

    • Sie geht jeden Tag zur Arbeit.

      She goes to work every day.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Job

Job (English loanword) is informal and often implies a specific, sometimes temporary position — "ein Ferienjob" (a holiday job). Arbeit is the general, neutral word for work or employment of any kind.

Practice

1 What does Arbeit mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie geht jeden Tag zur ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Arbeit?

See also

nouncore-vocabularywork

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