Gastarbeiter
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See also: gastarbeiter
German
Etymology
From Gast (“guest”) + Arbeiter (“worker”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
Gastarbeiter m (strong, genitive Gastarbeiters, plural Gastarbeiter, feminine Gastarbeiterin)
- guest worker, migrant worker, foreign worker (male or of unspecified gender)
- Synonyms: Arbeitsmigrant, Fremdarbeiter, Wanderarbeiter
- 1984, Cem Karaca (lyrics and music), “Es kamen Menschen an”, in Die Kanaken:
- Man brauchte unsere Arbeitskraft
die Kraft die was am Fließband schafft
Wir Menschen waren nicht interessant
darum blieben wir euch unbekannt
Ramaramaramaramadah...
Gastarbeiter
Ramaramaramaramadah...
Gastarbeiter- They needed our manpower
The kind for use on the assembly line
As people we weren't of interest
That's why we remained strangers to you
Ramaramaramaramadah...
Gastarbeiter
Ramaramaramaramadah...
Gastarbeiter
- They needed our manpower
Declension
Declension of Gastarbeiter
Descendants
- → Dutch: gastarbeider (calque)
- → Macedonian: гастарбајтер (gastarbajter)
- → Polish: gastarbeiter
- → Russian: гастарба́йтер (gastarbájter)
- → Serbo-Croatian: gastarbajter
See also
Further reading
- “Gastarbeiter” in Duden online