Traduction de "work" - dictionnaire Anglais-Allemand

work

noun /wəːk/

› effort made in order to achieve or make something

die Arbeit
He has done a lot of work on this project

› employment

die Arbeit
I cannot find work in this town.

› a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on

die Arbeit
Please clear your work off the table.

› a painting, book, piece of music etc

das Werk
the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart
This work was composed in 1816.

› the product or result of a person’s labours

die Arbeit
His work has shown a great improvement lately.

› one’s place of employment

die Arbeit
He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.
I don’t think I’ll go to work tomorrow.
-work

› (the art of making) goods of a particular material

…-arbeiten
He learns woodwork at school
This shop sells basketwork.

› parts of something, eg a building, made of a particular material

…-werk
The stonework/woodwork/paintwork needs to be renewed.
workable adjective

› (of a plan) able to be carried out

durchführbar
a workable solution.
worker noun

› a person who works or who is employed in an office, a factory etc

der/die Arbeiter(in)
office workers
car workers.

› a manual worker rather than an office-worker etc.

der/die Arbeiter(in)

› a person who works (hard etc)

der/die Arbeiter(in)
He’s a slow/hard worker.
works noun singular or plural

› a factory etc

die Werke (pl.)
The steelworks is/are closed for the holidays.
work-basket ( work-box)

› etc nouns a basket, box etc for holding thread, needlework etc.

der Nähkorb
workbook noun

› a book of exercises usually with spaces for answers.

das Arbeitsheft
workforce noun

› the number of workers (available for work) in a particular industry, factory etc

die Belegschaft
The factory has a workforce of about 300 people.
working class

› the section of society who work with their hands, doing manual labour.

die Arbeiterklasse
working day nouns ( work-day)

› a day on which one goes to work, and is not on holiday.

der Werktag

› the period of actual labour in a normal day at work

der Arbeitstag
My working day is eight hours long.
working hours

› the times of day between which one is at work

die Arbeitszeit
Normal working hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
working-party nouns ( work-party)

› a group of people gathered together (usually voluntarily) to perform a particular physical task

die Arbeitsgruppe
They organized a work-party to clear the canal of weeds.
working week

› the five days from Monday to Friday inclusive when people go to work.

die Arbeitswoche
workman noun

› a man who does manual work

der Arbeiter
the workmen on a building site.
workmanlike adjective

› suitable to a good workman

fachmännisch
a workmanlike attitude.

› well performed

fachmännisch
a workmanlike job.
workmanship noun

› the skill of a qualified workman; skill in making things

die Kunstfertigkeit
We were admiring the superb workmanship of the sculpture.
workmate noun

› one of the people who work in the same place of employment as oneself

der Arbeitskollege, die Arbeitskollegin
Her workmates teased her about being the boss’s favourite.
workout noun

› a period of hard physical exercise for the purpose of keeping fit etc

das Konditionstraining
Do these exercises as part of you daily workout.
workshop noun

› a room or building, especially in a factory etc where construction and repairs are carried out.

die Werkstatt

› a course of experimental work for a group of people on a particular project.

der Arbeitskreis
at work

› working

an der Arbeit
He’s writing a novel and he likes to be at work (on it) by eight o’clock every morning.
get/set to work

› to start work

an die Arbeit gehen
Could you get to work painting that ceiling?
I’ll have to set to work on this mending this evening.
go to work on

› to begin work on

anfangen zu arbeiten
We’re thinking of going to work on an extension to the house.
have one’s work cut out

› to be faced with a difficult task

schwer zu schaffen haben
You’ll have your work cut out to beat the champion.
in working order

› (of a machine etc) operating correctly

in betriebsfähigem Zustand
Despite its age, the clock was in perfect working order.
out of work

› having no employment

keine Arbeit haben
He’s been out of work for months.
work of art

› a painting, sculpture etc.

das Kunstwerk
work off

› to get rid of (something unwanted or unpleasant) by taking physical exercise etc

abreagieren
He worked off his anger by running round the garden six times.
work out

› to solve or calculate correctly

ausrechnen
I can’t work out how many should be left.

› to come to a satisfactory end

klappen
Don’t worry – it will all work out (in the end).

› to perform physical exercises

Gymnastik machen
She works out every day.
work up

› to excite or rouse gradually

sich steigern, aufgebracht
She worked herself up into a fury. (adjective worked-up: Don’t get so worked-up!).

› to raise or create

aufbringen
I just can’t work up any energy/appetite/enthusiasm today.
work up to

› to progress towards and prepare for

sich hocharbeiten
Work up to the difficult exercises gradually.
work wonders

› to produce marvellous results

Wunder wirken
These pills have worked wonders for my rheumatism.

(Translation of “work” from the Dictionnaire anglais-allemand Password © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)

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