German edit

Etymology edit

From Arbeit +‎ -s- +‎ -fähig.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sˌfɛːɪç/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /-ˌfeːɪç/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • IPA(key): /-ˌfɛːɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ar‧beits‧fä‧hig

Adjective edit

arbeitsfähig (strong nominative masculine singular arbeitsfähiger, not comparable)

  1. able to work

Declension edit

References edit

  • Michael Robert, Karin Doerr (2002) Nazi-Deutsch/Nazi-German: An English lexicon of the language of the Third Reich, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 69

Further reading edit