nounnot in the study set
das Arbeitstier
/ˈaʁbaɪ̯tsˌtiːʁ/
an animal that does labour for people; beast of burden; a person who works exaggeratedly hard; workaholic
- genitive
- des Arbeitstieres
- plural
- die Arbeitstiere
- built from
- Arbeit + Stier
Meanings
- 1
an animal that does labour for people; beast of burden
- 2
a person who works exaggeratedly hard; workaholic — one who cannot relax
- 3
a person who works exaggeratedly hard; plodder — one who must level out lacking talent
- 4
a machine, e.g. a car, kept for practical use rather than for leisure or as a status symbol
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dasArbeitstier | dieArbeitstiere |
| accusative | dasArbeitstier | dieArbeitstiere |
| dative | demArbeitstier | denArbeitstieren |
| genitive | desArbeitstieres | derArbeitstiere |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.