Arbeiten

Meaning

gerund of arbeiten

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʔaʁbaɪ̯tn̩/

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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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