Arbeiter
German, noun/ˈʔaʁbaɪ̯tɐ/
Arbeiter is spelled A-R-B-E-I-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written German, the 2,718th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arbeiter is a German masculine noun meaning “agent noun of arbeiten; worker (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der zum Lohnerwerb standesgemäß einer (meist körperlichen) Tätigkeit nachgeht, zur Arbeiterklasse…”.
What does Arbeiter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineagent noun of arbeiten; worker (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der zum Lohnerwerb standesgemäß einer (meist körperlichen) Tätigkeit nachgeht, zur Arbeiterklasse zählt 2. jemand, der auf bestimmte Art arbeitet, jedoch nicht zur Arbeiterklasse wie unter ^([1]) zählt
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 Arbeiter
- Arbeiters genitive
- Arbeiterin feminine
- Arbeitern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Arbeiter?
- /ˈʔaʁbaɪ̯tɐ/
- [ˈaʁbaɪ̯tɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Arbeiter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Arbeiter in German?
Arbeiter appears 30 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).