arbeiten

Meaning

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)

Hyphenated as

ar‧bei‧ten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaʁbaɪ̯tən/

Etymology

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).

Sentences

Und aus diesem Grund arbeiten wir jetzt so hart im Hinblick auf den Inhalt .

That is why we are working so hard right now with regard to the content.

Er war nun berechtigt als Rechtsanwalt zu arbeiten , übte diesen Beruf aber nie aus .

He was now entitled to work as a lawyer, but never exercised this profession.

Fast alle Glöckner arbeiten , wie auch in früherer Zeit , ehrenamtlich .

Almost all Hunchbacks, as in the past, work on a voluntary basis.