arbete
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish arbeide, arbeyd, arbede, arbeyte, arbeyt, arbete, ærbete, arbet, from Middle Low German arbet, arbeit, arvêd, arveid, from Old Saxon arvēd, arƀed, arvid, arvēdi, arƀēdi, from Proto-Germanic *arbaidiz. Compare Norwegian arbeid, Danish arbejde, Faroese arbeiði. Compare the doublet arvode, inherited from Old Swedish arvoþe, ærviþi, from Old Norse erfiði.
Pronunciation
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Noun
arbete n
- work, job
- work; effort expended on a particular task
- (physics) work; measure of energy expended in moving an object
Declension
| Declension of arbete | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | arbete | arbetet | arbeten | arbetena |
| Genitive | arbetes | arbetets | arbetens | arbetenas |