Mitarbeiter
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪtarˌbaɪ̯tər/, [ˈmɪ.taʁˌbaɪ̯.tɐ], [-taɐ̯-], [-tɐ-] (usual)
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪtˌarbaɪ̯tər/, [ˈmɪtˌʔaʁ.baɪ̯.tɐ] (very formal or regional)
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Noun
Mitarbeiter m (strong, genitive Mitarbeiters, plural Mitarbeiter, feminine Mitarbeiterin)
- person who works, together with others, in a particular business or institution; employee
- collaborator, person who works with others towards a common goal
- assistant, person who assists another person in a business
- staff member
- Dozenten und Mitarbeiter ― faculty and staff
Usage notes
- Mitarbeiter is a semantic false friend of English coworker: although it is made up of elements that mean "co-" and "worker", Mitarbeiter means something more like "employee", not quite "coworker" (which in German is Kollege): you would typically say that a Firma has several Mitarbeiter rather than that you (working at the firm) have several Mitarbeiter, whereas in English, you have coworkers at the company, the company does not normally have coworkers.
Declension
Declension of Mitarbeiter [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Mitarbeiter | die | Mitarbeiter |
| genitive | eines | des | Mitarbeiters | der | Mitarbeiter |
| dative | einem | dem | Mitarbeiter | den | Mitarbeitern |
| accusative | einen | den | Mitarbeiter | die | Mitarbeiter |
Synonyms
- Angestellter
- Arbeitnehmer
- Firmenangehöriger
Derived terms
- Mitarbeiterführung
- Mitarbeitermotivation
- Mitarbeiterversammlung
Further reading
- “Mitarbeiter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Mitarbeiter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Mitarbeiter” in Duden online
Mitarbeiter on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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