Schwere Arbeit; britische Schreibweise von labor.
Hard work; British spelling of labor.
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Das Projekt erforderte monatelange Arbeit. — The project required months of labour.
Billige Arbeitskräfte lockten ausländische Fabriken an. — Cheap labour attracted foreign factories.
Ihre Mühe hat sich am Ende ausgezahlt. — Their labour finally paid off.
Die Region hat reichlich qualifizierte Arbeitskräfte. — The region has plenty of skilled labour.
Wie viel Arbeit steckt in dieser Reparatur? — How much labour does this repair need?
Wo findet die Stadt genug Arbeitskräfte? — Where does the town find enough labour?
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Download the app for free German vocabulary testArbeit covers both the work and the job — where English needs work for the activity and job for the post, German uses one word and lets the article decide: die Arbeit machen is to do the work, eine Arbeit suchen is to look for a job.
It is also the word behind Arbeitgeber and Arbeitnehmer, employer and employee — literally work-giver and work-taker, a pairing English has no equivalent for. And Arbeit is the noun in Arbeit macht frei, which is why the word carries a weight in German that no dictionary entry can convey.
Job job
Borrowed from English and used for a post, especially a casual one. Arbeit is broader and more serious.
Stelle position, post
The formal word for a job as an appointment: eine feste Stelle.
Beruf profession
What you are trained to do, as against what you happen to be doing.
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