Arbeiter

Definitions of Arbeiter
  1. noun
    someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
    synonyms: Arbeiterin
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    Gebäudereiniger, Putzkraft, Reinigungskraft
    someone whose occupation is cleaning
    Landarbeiter, Landarbeiterin
    a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
    Bergarbeiter
    laborer who works in a mine
    Putzfrau
    a human female employed to do housework
    Kaminfeger, Kaminfegerin, Schornsteinfeger, Schornsteinfegerin
    someone who cleans soot from chimneys
    Bergmann
    someone who works in a coal mine
  2. noun
    a person who works at a specific occupation
    synonyms: Arbeiterin, Arbeitskraft, Berufstätige, Berufstätiger, Erwerbstätige, Erwerbstätiger
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    Nichtberufstätige, Nichtberufstätiger
    a person who does nothing
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    Assistent, Assistentin
    a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
    Angestellte, Arbeitnehmer, Arbeitnehmerin
    a worker who is hired to perform a job
    Halbtagskraft, Teilzeitkraft
    someone who works less than the customary or standard time
    Dienstleister
    a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
    Fachfrau, Fachkraft, Fachmann
    a worker who has acquired special skills
    Aushilfskraft
    a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
    Hilfskraft
    someone who acts as assistant
    Bäcker, Bäckerin
    someone who bakes bread or cake
    Fleischer, Fleischerin, Metzger, Metzgerin, Schlachter, Schlachterin
    a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
    Kanute, Kanutin
    someone paddling a canoe
    Bürokraft
    an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
    Schaffner, Schaffnerin
    the person who collects fares on a public conveyance
    Koch, Köchin
    someone who cooks food
    Geselle, Gesellin, Handwerker, Handwerkerin
    a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
    Stellvertreter, Stellvertreterin
    an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
    Servierkraft
    someone employed to provide service in a dining room
    Diener, Dienerin
    a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household
    Herausgeber, Lektor, Lektorin
    a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
    Elektriker, Elektrikerin
    a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
    Fischer, Fischerin
    someone whose occupation is catching fish
    Gärtner, Gärtnerin
    someone employed to work in a garden
    Jäger, Jägerin
    someone who hunts game
    Model
    a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
    Ruderer, Rudererin
    someone who rows a boat
    Funktionsträger, Funktionsträgerin, Funktionär, Funktionärin
    a worker who holds or is invested with an office
    Augenoptiker, Augenoptikerin
    a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
    Maler, Malerin
    a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint
    Gipser, Gipserin
    a worker skilled in applying plaster
    Drucker, Druckerin
    someone whose occupation is printing
    Matrose
    any member of a ship's crew
    Einzelhandelskauffrau, Einzelhandelskaufmann, Einzelhändler
    a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
    Sekretär, Sekretärin
    an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
    Militärangehöriger, Truppenangehöriger
    someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
    Metallarbeiter, Metallarbeiterin, Schmied
    someone who works at something specified
    Untertan
    an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
    Dreher, Dreherin
    a lathe operator
    Schreibkraft
    someone paid to operate a typewriter
    type of:
    Individuum, Mensch, Person, Persönlichkeit
    a human being
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