arbete

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Swedish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈarˌbeːtɛ/, [ˈarːˌbeːtɛ̠]
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Noun

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arbete n

  1. work, job (economic role for which a person is paid)
    Synonyms: jobb, (colloquial) kneg
  2. work; effort expended on a particular task
  3. (physics) work; measure of energy expended in moving an object

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Derived terms

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