"Arbeiter" meaning in German

See Arbeiter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʔaʁbaɪ̯tɐ/ Audio: De-Arbeiter.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From Middle High German arbeiter. By surface analysis, arbeiten (“to work”) + -er (agentive suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|arbeiter}} Middle High German arbeiter, {{surf|de|arbeiten|-er|id2=agent noun|pos2=agentive suffix|t1=to work}} By surface analysis, arbeiten (“to work”) + -er (agentive suffix) Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Arbeiter m (strong, genitive Arbeiters, plural Arbeiter, feminine Arbeiterin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Arbeiters [genitive], Arbeiter [plural], Arbeiterin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Arbeiter [nominative, singular], Arbeiter [definite, nominative, plural], Arbeiters [genitive, singular], Arbeiter [definite, genitive, plural], Arbeiter [dative, singular], Arbeitern [dative, definite, plural], Arbeiter [accusative, singular], Arbeiter [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. agent noun of arbeiten; worker (male or of unspecified gender) Tags: agent, form-of, masculine, strong Form of: arbeiten (extra: worker (male or of unspecified gender)) Derived forms: Arbeiter am Recht

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "arbeiter",
      "arbeiter#Middle_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "arbeiten",
      "arbeiten#German"
    ],
    [
      "-er",
      "-er#German:_agent_noun"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "arbeiter"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German arbeiter",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "arbeiten",
        "3": "-er",
        "id2": "agent noun",
        "pos2": "agentive suffix",
        "t1": "to work"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, arbeiten (“to work”) + -er (agentive suffix)",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German arbeiter. By surface analysis, arbeiten (“to work”) + -er (agentive suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Arbeiters",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeiter",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeiterin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeiter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeiter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeiters",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeiter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeiter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeitern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeiter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeiter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "Arbeiter m (strong, genitive Arbeiters, plural Arbeiter, feminine Arbeiterin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Ar",
        "bei",
        "ter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "de:Occupations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Arbeiter am Recht"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "worker (male or of unspecified gender)",
          "word": "arbeiten"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "agent noun of arbeiten; worker (male or of unspecified gender)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Arbeiter-de-noun-EFnNdkS2",
      "links": [
        [
          "arbeiten",
          "arbeiten#German"
        ],
        [
          "worker",
          "worker"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Arbeiterhaushalt"
        },
        {
          "word": "Arbeiterklasse"
        },
        {
          "word": "Arbeiterorganisation"
        },
        {
          "word": "Arbeiterpartei"
        },
        {
          "word": "Arbeiterviertel"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bauarbeiter"
        },
        {
          "word": "Leiharbeiter"
        },
        {
          "word": "Vorarbeiter"
        },
        {
          "word": "Zuarbeiter"
        },
        {
          "word": "Zwangsarbeiter"
        },
        {
          "word": "arbeiten"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "agent",
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔaʁbaɪ̯tɐ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Arbeiter.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/De-Arbeiter.ogg/De-Arbeiter.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/De-Arbeiter.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Arbeiter"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Arbeiter am Recht"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "arbeiter",
      "arbeiter#Middle_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "arbeiten",
      "arbeiten#German"
    ],
    [
      "-er",
      "-er#German:_agent_noun"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "arbeiter"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German arbeiter",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "arbeiten",
        "3": "-er",
        "id2": "agent noun",
        "pos2": "agentive suffix",
        "t1": "to work"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, arbeiten (“to work”) + -er (agentive suffix)",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German arbeiter. By surface analysis, arbeiten (“to work”) + -er (agentive suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Arbeiters",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeiter",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeiterin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeiter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeiter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeiters",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeiter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeiter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeitern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeiter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Arbeiter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "Arbeiter m (strong, genitive Arbeiters, plural Arbeiter, feminine Arbeiterin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Ar",
        "bei",
        "ter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Arbeiterhaushalt"
    },
    {
      "word": "Arbeiterklasse"
    },
    {
      "word": "Arbeiterorganisation"
    },
    {
      "word": "Arbeiterpartei"
    },
    {
      "word": "Arbeiterviertel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bauarbeiter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Leiharbeiter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vorarbeiter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zuarbeiter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zwangsarbeiter"
    },
    {
      "word": "arbeiten"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German agent nouns",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms derived from Middle High German",
        "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
        "German terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "de:Occupations"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "worker (male or of unspecified gender)",
          "word": "arbeiten"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "agent noun of arbeiten; worker (male or of unspecified gender)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arbeiten",
          "arbeiten#German"
        ],
        [
          "worker",
          "worker"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "agent",
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔaʁbaɪ̯tɐ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Arbeiter.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/De-Arbeiter.ogg/De-Arbeiter.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/De-Arbeiter.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Arbeiter"
}

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