arbeiten

German (Berlin)

/ˈaʁbaɪ̯tən/

verb-weak
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to work to do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers
  • (intransitive) to work, function, run, operate to be operative, in action
  • (intransitive) to ferment to react, using fermentation
  • (intransitive) to work, execute to set into action
  • (transitive) to make, produce to create
  • (transitive) to do, perform to carry out or execute, especially something involving work
  • (reflexive) to work oneself (to) to make oneself (a certain state) by working
  • (reflexive) to work one's way to attain through work, by gradual degrees
  • (reflexive) 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

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German arbeiten inherited from Proto-Germanic *arbaidijaną (work) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (orphan).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₃órbʰos

Gloss

orphan

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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