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arbete

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish arbeide, from Middle Low German arbet, from Old Saxon arvēd.

Compare Norwegian arbeid, Danish arbejde, Faroese arbeiði, German Arbeit, Dutch arbeid. Compare the doublet arvode, inherited from Old Swedish arvoþe, ærviþi, from Old Norse erfiði.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈarˌbeːtɛ/, [ˈarːˌbeːtɛ̠]
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Noun

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arbete n

  1. work, job (economic role for which a person is paid)
    Synonyms: jobb, (colloquial) kneg
  2. work; effort expended on a particular task
  3. (physics) work; measure of energy expended in moving an object

Declension

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Declension of arbete
nominative genitive
singular indefinite arbete arbetes
definite arbetet arbetets
plural indefinite arbeten arbetens
definite arbetena arbetenas

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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