Leiharbeiter
German, noun[ˈlaɪ̯ʔaʁˌbaɪ̯tɐ]
Leiharbeiter is a German masculine noun meaning “leased worker, agency worker, contract worker, temporary worker (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Arbeitnehmer, der von einem Vermittlungsunternehmen gegen einen Bonus, den der Arbeitnehmer durch…”.
What does Leiharbeiter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineleased worker, agency worker, contract worker, temporary 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. Arbeitnehmer, der von einem Vermittlungsunternehmen gegen einen Bonus, den der Arbeitnehmer durch Lohnverzicht leistet, verliehen 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 Leiharbeiter
- Leiharbeiters genitive
- Leiharbeiterin feminine
- Leiharbeitern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Leiharbeiter?
- [ˈlaɪ̯ʔaʁˌbaɪ̯tɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Leiharbeiter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Leiharbeiter in German?
Leiharbeiter appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).