Gastarbeiter

German

Etymology

From Gast (“guest”) +‎ Arbeiter (“worker”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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guest worker, migrant worker, foreign worker (male or of unspecified gender)
Synonyms: Arbeitsmigrant, Fremdarbeiter, Wanderarbeiter

Declension

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Descendants

→ Polish: gastarbajter
→ Russian: гастарбайтер (gastarbajter)
→ Serbo-Croatian: gastarbajter

Further reading

“Gastarbeiter” in Duden online

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