totarbeiten
German, verb
totarbeiten is spelled T-O-T-A-R-B-E-I-T-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written German, the 440,316th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Totarbeiten is a German verb meaning “to work (oneself) to death” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Totarbeiten is a different word: “gerund of totarbeiten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “soviel schuften (arbeiten), dass man völlig erschöpft ist oder sogar wirklich stirbt”.
What does totarbeiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to work (oneself) to death
noun
- 1
neutergerund of totarbeiten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. soviel schuften (arbeiten), dass man völlig erschöpft ist oder sogar wirklich stirbt
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 totarbeiten
- arbeitet tot present singular third-person
- arbeitete tot past
- totgearbeitet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- totarbeitend participle present
- totzuarbeiten infinitive infinitive-zu
- arbeite tot first-person indicative present
- arbeiten tot first-person indicative plural
- arbeitest tot indicative present second-person
- arbeiteten tot first-person indicative plural
- arbeitetest tot indicative preterite second-person
- arbeitetet tot indicative plural preterite
- arbeit tot! imperative singular
- arbeite tot! imperative singular
- arbeitet tot! imperative plural
- sich totarbeiten infinitive present not-extended
- sich totzuarbeiten infinitive present extended
- sich totgearbeitet haben infinitive perfect not-extended
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is totarbeiten in German?
totarbeiten appears about once in every 52 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).