Werkstatt

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German[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

werken (to work) +‎ Statt (place).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛrkˌʃtat/, [ˈvɛʁk-], [ˈvɛɐ̯k-], [ʋ-]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

Werkstatt f (genitive Werkstatt, plural Werkstätten or Werkstätte)

  1. workshop (room where things are manufactured)
    • 1788, “Olla Potrida. Erstes Stük.”, in Weversche Buchhandlung, Berlin, page 143:
      Die Werkstätte sind in geringer Anzahl, und die Arbeiter nur einen Theil des Jahres beschäftigt.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes[edit]

  • The normal plural is Werkstätten, which is suppleted from the rarer singular Werkstätte. This latter form is now archaic (as both a singular and a plural).

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Polish: warsztat

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