Arbeitsdienst
German, noun[ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sˌdiːnst]
Arbeitsdienst is spelled A-R-B-E-I-T-S-D-I-E-N-S-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 74,397th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arbeitsdienst is a German masculine noun meaning “voluntary service” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Selbstverpflichtung/Verpflichtung zu gemeinnütziger Arbeit”.
What does Arbeitsdienst mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevoluntary service
- 2
masculinelabor service
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Selbstverpflichtung/Verpflichtung zu gemeinnütziger Arbeit 2. Nationalsozialismus: Kurzwort für Reichsarbeitsdienst
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 Arbeitsdienst
- Arbeitsdienstes genitive
- Arbeitsdienste plural
- Arbeitsdiensten dative definite plural
- Arbeitsdiensts genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Arbeitsdienst?
- [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sˌdiːnst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Arbeitsdienst in German?
Arbeitsdienst appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).