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German
Etymology
From Arbeit + -s- + -fähig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sˌfɛːɪç/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /-ˌfeːɪç/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- IPA(key): /-ˌfɛːɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: ar‧beits‧fä‧hig
Adjective
arbeitsfähig (strong nominative masculine singular arbeitsfähiger, not comparable)
- able to work
Declension
Positive forms of arbeitsfähig (uncomparable)
References
- Michael Robert, Karin Doerr (2002) Nazi-Deutsch/Nazi-German: An English lexicon of the language of the Third Reich, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 69
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