arbete

Swedish

Etymology

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. Compare the doublet arvode, inherited from Old Swedish arvoþe, ærviþi, from Old Norse erfiði.

Pronunciation

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Noun

arbete n

  1. work, job
  2. work; effort expended on a particular task
  3. (physics) work; measure of energy expended in moving an object

Declension

Declension of arbete 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative arbete arbetet arbeten arbetena
Genitive arbetes arbetets arbetens arbetenas

Derived terms

See also

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