arbeiten.
to work (to do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers)
Meaning & usage
to work (to do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers)
Wir arbeiten an der Wiederherstellung des Service.
to work, function, run, operate (to be operative, in action)
einwandfrei arbeiten.
to ferment (to react, using fermentation)
to work, execute (to set into action)
to make, produce (to create)
Die Kommode ist aus Eichenholz gearbeitet.
to do, perform (to carry out or execute, especially something involving work)
Was arbeitest du?
Ich arbeite nichts.
to work oneself (to) (to make oneself (a certain state) by working)
sich zu Tode arbeiten
sich erschöpft arbeiten
to work one's way (to attain through work, by gradual degrees)
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)
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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