medarbejder

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Danish

Etymology

From med- +‎ arbejde +‎ -er. Compare Norwegian Bokmål medarbeider, Norwegian Nynorsk medarbeidar, Swedish medarbetare, German Mitarbeiter, Dutch medewerker.

Pronunciation

Noun

medarbejder c (singular definite medarbejderen, plural indefinite medarbejdere)

  1. employee
    Synonyms: lønmodtager, ansat

Usage notes

Medarbejder is a semantic false friend of English coworker: although it is made up of elements that mean "co-" and "worker", medarbejder means "employee", not quite "coworker" (which in Danish is kollega or arbejdskollega).

Inflection

Declension of medarbejder
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative medarbejder medarbejderen medarbejdere medarbejderne
genitive medarbejders medarbejderens medarbejderes medarbejdernes

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