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arbeiten.

to work (to do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈaʁbaɪ̯tən/[ˈʔäʁbäɪ̯tən][-tn̩][-ʔn̩]
  1. to work (to do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers)

    intransitive · weak
    Wir arbeiten an der Wiederherstellung des Service.
  2. to work, function, run, operate (to be operative, in action)

    intransitive · weak
    einwandfrei arbeiten.
  3. to ferment (to react, using fermentation)

    intransitive · weak
  4. to work, execute (to set into action)

    intransitive · weak
  5. to make, produce (to create)

    transitive · weak
    Die Kommode ist aus Eichenholz gearbeitet.
  6. to do, perform (to carry out or execute, especially something involving work)

    transitive · weak
    Was arbeitest du?
    Ich arbeite nichts.
  7. to work oneself (to) (to make oneself (a certain state) by working)

    reflexive · weak
    sich zu Tode arbeiten
    sich erschöpft arbeiten
  8. to work one's way (to attain through work, by gradual degrees)

    reflexive · weak
  9. to work (translated by rephrasing to use a general “you” or with the gerund, “working”) (to do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers)

    impersonal · reflexive · weak
Where this word comes from

From Old High German arbeiten, from Proto-Germanic *arbaidijaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”), from which English orphan is also derived. Cognates include Dutch arbeiden, Old Saxon arvedian, Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (arbaidjan).

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