Arbeit

German (Berlin)

[ˈarbaɪ̯t], [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t],

noun
Definitions
  • 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
  • (physics) work, energy transmitted by force through a body

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German arbeit inherited from Old High German arbeit inherited from *arbaiþi inherited from Proto-Germanic *arbaidiz (hardship) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (orphan).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₃órbʰos

Gloss

orphan

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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