Arbeit.
toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation
Meaning & usage
toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation
Seine Arbeit macht ihm Spaß.
Ich kann gerade nicht. Ich bin bei der Arbeit!
job, task, assignment
Ich muss zuvor noch einige Arbeiten erledigen.
Er ging an die Arbeit.
effort, work, human expenditure
Das ist mir zu viel Arbeit.
Nach der Operation muss für zwei bis drei Tage die Arbeit gemieden werden.
performance, workmanship, work, the result of effort that might consist in a product or performance itself depending on what is owed
Sagenhafte Arbeit!
Gute Arbeit muss belohnt werden.
work, energy transmitted by force through a body
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German arbeit, from Old High German arbeit, from Proto-West Germanic *arbaiþi, from Proto-Germanic *arbaidiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan, servant, slave”), from which English orphan is also derived. Cognate with Yiddish אַרבעט (arbet), Middle English arveth.
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