Aarbecht
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Luxembourgish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old High German arbeit, from Proto-Germanic *arbaidiz. As to the consonantism: Most dialects of Luxembourgish regularly reduced original -cht to -t, but this development was later reverted, probably under outside influences. (The same happened in many dialects of Central Franconian.) Both southernmost and northernmost Luxembourgish often retain forms without -ch-; compare Nuet alongside Nuecht (“night”). In those dialects where the development was reverted, hypercorrect forms with unetymological -ch- occur (compare also attested Jesuiicht for Jesuit).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Aarbecht f (plural Aarbechten)
- work, occupation
- 2019 October 10, “Ausgezeechent fir hir Aarbecht u Lithium-Ione-Batterien”, in RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg[1]:
- Si gi geéiert fir hir Aarbecht an der Entwécklung vun de Lithium-Ione-Batterien.
- They were honoured for their work on the development of the lithium-ion battery.
- job, task
- 2021 October 13, “Disney-Animatorin mat 111 Joer gestuerwen”, in RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg[2]:
- De Walt Disney huet hir eng Aarbecht als Zeechnerin ugebueden a méi spéit huet si an d'Animatiounskontroll an d'Zeeneplanung gewiesselt.
- Walt Disney offered her a job as a cartoonist and later she moved into animation control and scene planning.
- workplace
- 2022 January 18, Lea Schwartz, “Héich Demande an Testzenteren an Apdikten, Lëtzebuerger Arméi hëlleft”, in RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg[3]:
- Leit, déi een Test fir den 3G op der Aarbecht maachen, géifen deemno nach zousätzlech zu enger héijer Charge dobäikommen.
- People who take the required test at the workplace would therefore be subject to a higher charge.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Aarbecht in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire