die Arbeit
/ˈaʁbaɪ̯t/
toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation; job, task, assignment; effort, work, human expenditure; performance, workmanship, work, the result of effort that might consist in a product or performance itself depending on what is owed
- genitive
- der Arbeit
- plural
- die Arbeiten
Meanings
- 1
toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation
Wir leben für die Arbeit.
We're workaholics.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Ich werde nicht ohne Arbeit bleiben.
I won't stay unemployed.
Tatoeba · mhr · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
job, task, assignment
Ich habe keine Arbeit mehr.
I don't have a job anymore.
Tatoeba · wolfgangth · CC BY 2.0 FR
Er tut nur seine Arbeit.
He's just doing his job.
Tatoeba · Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 3
effort, work, human expenditure
Ich versuchte, Arbeit zu finden.
I tried to find work.
Tatoeba · Naina · CC BY 2.0 FR
Arbeiten Sie in der Stadt?
Do you work downtown?
Tatoeba · Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 4
performance, workmanship, work, the result of effort that might consist in a product or performance itself depending on what is owed
- 5
work, energy transmitted by force through a bodyrare
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dieArbeit | dieArbeiten |
| accusative | dieArbeit | dieArbeiten |
| dative | derArbeit | denArbeiten |
| genitive | derArbeit | derArbeiten |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.