Polyglot Dictionary

Hilfsarbeiter

/ˈhɪlfsˌʔaʁbaɪ̯tɐ/

der noun B2

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
Hilfsarbeiter

Meaning

  1. labourer

    Built from Hilfe (help) + Arbeiter (worker).

    • Er arbeitet als Hilfsarbeiter.

      He works as a labourer.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Hilfe help
  • Arbeiter worker

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

servente

servente is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "labourer."

Practice

1 What does Hilfsarbeiter mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er arbeitet als ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Hilfsarbeiter?

nouncompound

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