Mitarbeiter
German, noun/ˈmɪtarˌbaɪ̯tər/
Mitarbeiter is spelled M-I-T-A-R-B-E-I-T-E-R (11 letters) and appears 117 times per million words in written German, the 745th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mitarbeiter is a German masculine noun meaning “employee (person who works, together with others, in a particular business or institution)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der zusammen mit anderen im gleichen Betrieb oder in der gleichen Institution arbeitet”.
What does Mitarbeiter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineemployee (person who works, together with others, in a particular business or institution)
- 2
masculinecollaborator (person who works with others towards a common goal)
- 3
masculineassistant (person who assists another person in a business)
- 4
masculinestaff member
Dozenten und Mitarbeiter
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der zusammen mit anderen im gleichen Betrieb oder in der gleichen Institution arbeitet 2. jemand, der in der Gruppe oder Firma einer Person arbeitet, die ihm Weisungen erteilen kann
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 Mitarbeiter
- Mitarbeiters genitive
- Mitarbeiterin feminine
- Mitarbeitern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mitarbeiter?
- /ˈmɪtarˌbaɪ̯tər/
- [ˈmɪ.taʁˌbaɪ̯.tɐ]
- [-taɐ̯-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Mitarbeiter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mitarbeiter in German?
Mitarbeiter appears 117 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).