Arbeit
German, noun/ˈaʁbaɪ̯t/
Arbeit is spelled A-R-B-E-I-T (6 letters) and appears 372 times per million words in written German, the 249th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arbeit is a German feminine noun meaning “toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “selbstgewählte, bewusste, schöpferische Handlung”.
What does Arbeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetoil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation
Seine Arbeit macht ihm Spaß.
- 2
femininejob, task, assignment
Ich muss zuvor noch einige Arbeiten erledigen.
- 3
feminineeffort, work, human expenditure
Das ist mir zu viel Arbeit.
- 4
feminineperformance, workmanship, work, the result of effort that might consist in a product or performance itself depending on what is owed
Sagenhafte Arbeit!
- 5
femininework, energy transmitted by force through a body
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. selbstgewählte, bewusste, schöpferische Handlung 2. ausführende, zweckgerichtete Tätigkeit 3. Tätigkeit, die erledigt wird, um Geld zu verdienen 4. Verhältnis, bei dem man eine Tätigkeit gegen Geld verrichtet
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Arbeit
- Arbeiten plural
- Arb. abbreviation
- W abbreviation
- E abbreviation
- englischen abbreviation
- Energie abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Arbeit?
- /ˈaʁbaɪ̯t/
- [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t]
- [ˈarbaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Arbeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Arbeit in German?
Arbeit appears 372 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).