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arbejde

Pronunciation: /ˈarˌbajdə/

“arbejde” is a Danish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. work (labour, employment, occupation, job)
  2. work
  3. work (effort expended on a particular task)

verb

  1. work, to do a specific task (Generally for money)

Etymology

From Middle Low German arbeit, from Old Saxon arvēd. Compare Norwegian Bokmål arbeid, Swedish arbete, and Faroese arbeiði. A native form of the word is found in Old Danish æruæthæ, from Old Norse erfiði (still in Swedish arvode (“salary”)).

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