Arbeit

Definitions of Arbeit
  1. noun
    activity directed toward making or doing something
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    Operation, Prozedur, Verfahren, ordnungsgemäßes Vorgehen
    a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
    Pflege, Pflegetätigkeit
    the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
    Pflicht, Verpflichtung
    work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
    Werk
    any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
    abwaschen, spülen
    the washing of dishes etc after a meal
    Analyse
    an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
    Untersuchung
    the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
    Entwicklung, Forschung
    systematic investigation to establish facts
    Erste Hilfe
    emergency care given before regular medical aid can be obtained
    Behandlung, Therapie
    care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
    Geistheilung
    care provided through prayer and faith in God
    Aufgabe
    a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
    Abenteuer
    a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
  2. noun
    (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
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    Energie, Leistung
    (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
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