Auftragsarbeit
German, noun[ˈaʊ̯ftʁaːksˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t]
Auftragsarbeit is spelled A-U-F-T-R-A-G-S-A-R-B-E-I-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 64,132nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auftragsarbeit is a German feminine noun meaning “commissioned work, contract work” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Arbeit, die aufgrund eines Auftrags ausgeführt wird”.
What does Auftragsarbeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecommissioned work, contract work
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arbeit, die aufgrund eines Auftrags ausgeführt wird
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 Auftragsarbeit
- Auftragsarbeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Auftragsarbeit?
- [ˈaʊ̯ftʁaːksˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Auftragsarbeit in German?
Auftragsarbeit appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).