Arbeiten

Meaning

gerund of arbeiten

arbeiten

1. (intransitive, weak) to work (to do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers)
2. (intransitive, weak) to work, function, run, operate (to be operative, in action)
3. (intransitive, weak) to ferment (to react, using fermentation)
4. (intransitive, weak) to work, execute (to set into action)
5. (transitive, weak) to make, produce (to create)
6. (transitive, weak) to do, perform (to carry out or execute, especially something involving work)
7. (reflexive, weak) to work oneself (to) (to make oneself (a certain state) by working)
8. (reflexive, weak) to work one's way (to attain through work, by gradual degrees)
9. (impersonal, reflexive, weak) 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)

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Arbeit

1. (countable, feminine, uncountable) toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation
2. (countable, feminine, uncountable) job, task, assignment
3. (countable, feminine, uncountable) effort, work, human expenditure
4. (countable, feminine, uncountable) performance, workmanship, work, the result of effort that might consist in a product or performance itself depending on what is owed
5. (countable, feminine, uncountable) work, energy transmitted by force through a body

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Concepts

pursuit

working

workings

works

Synonyms

Arbeit

Werken

Translations

δουλειά

εργασία

travail

arbeid

werk

werken

trabalho

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʔaʁbaɪ̯tn̩/

Sentences

Arbeiten an elektrischen Anlagen sollte stets ein Elektriker durchführen .

An electrician should always carry out work on electrical systems.

Neben seinen wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten trat Matzen auch als Dichter hervor .

In addition to his scientific work, Matzen also emerged as a poet.

In seinen philosophischen Arbeiten wurde er von Immanuel Kant und Wilhelm Wundt beeinflusst .

In his philosophical works, he was influenced by Immanuel Kant and Wilhelm Wundt.