arbete
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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, German Arbeit, Dutch arbeid. Compare the doublet arvode, inherited from Old Swedish arvoþe, ærviþi, from Old Norse erfiði.
Pronunciation
Noun
arbete n
- work, job (economic role for which a person is paid)
- work; effort expended on a particular task
- (physics) work; measure of energy expended in moving an object
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | arbete | arbetes |
| definite | arbetet | arbetets | |
| plural | indefinite | arbeten | arbetens |
| definite | arbetena | arbetenas |
Derived terms
- arbetsam
- arbetsbrist
- arbetsbörda
- arbetsdag
- arbetsdomstol
- arbetsduglig
- arbetsför
- arbetsgivare
- arbetsledare
- arbetsläger
- arbetslös
- arbetsmyra
- arbetsplats
- arbetstagare
- arbetstid
- arbetsvägran
- barnarbete
- deltidsarbete
- ensamarbete
- fotarbete
- förvärvsarbete
- grovarbete
- handarbete
- heltidsarbete
- hushållsarbete
- kontorsarbete
- kroppsarbete
- lagarbete
- nattarbete
- pappersarbete
- projektarbete
- skolarbete
- slavarbete
- svartarbete
- tankearbete
- tvångsarbete
- vägarbete