"Der Mitarbeiter ist ein Gast."

Translation: The employee is a guest.

[pedroivodantas]

Don't arbeiter also means employee? What's the semantic difference from mitarbeiter, could someone please clarify?

[ArvindhMani]

I am not a native german speaker, but this seems to me like an example of compounded words. Mit = with, Arbeiter = employee. "with employee" or "co-employee" or "colleague".

I was very happy that i figured out this meaning without hints by just breaking up the word! This is one thing i absolutely love about German: sometimes the grammar is annoyingly hard, but the wonderful vocab with so many compounded words, that you can figure out simply by breaking them down, makes it a lovely language :D

[BlazingFast]

I'm 100 percent in agreement with you in that German is an amazing language. I LOVE the compound words!

[ArvindhMani]

Thanks to you I've corrected a glaring error in my previous answer: didn't know conjugation meant something other than this. So please accept a well-deserved Lingot from me :-)

[BlazingFast]

Haha thanks for the Lingot?! I didn't expect to be a help for that reason there, but I'll gladly take the Lingot :D

I see that you've been making a ton of progress this week. ;)

Just like you though, I'm obsessed with German. It's so fun to learn.

[ArvindhMani]

Thanks, I'm targeting a 365 day streak, so I really want to get there and learn something at the same time :) I'm pretty much addicted to German myself, but I mainly have to thank Duolingo for that! It could so easily have been another language like Spanish, but I'm really glad I picked German in the end!

[BlazingFast]

Here's an early Lingot for your half way mark point which you're close to getting-ish! ;)

German's fantastic! I wish I learned it way earlier.

[ArvindhMani]

I'm still 50 LONG days away from that milestone ;) but thanks for the lingot (back!) Keep it up yourself and before you know it you will be rocking! All the best!

[jatowl]

great to find your method as well as that you are on the day streak after 10 months~

[ArvindhMani]

Thanks a lot jatowl! I'm really close to my 365 day streak, but it's gotten to the point that I don't even see it as a milestone; my daily bit of learning has almost become a routine!

[dhMuse]

ArvindhMani is on the right track: "Arbeiter" is "worker," so "Mitarbeiter" connotes "coworker," "colleague," or "associate" (in the sense sometimes used to designate junior, non-specialist employees), and hence "employee."

[ohpow]

I almost made the cowoker eat the guest

[stephan.larsson]

What is colleague in german?

[kyky]

colleague - Kollege, Mitarbeiter

[Nerman.Talakic]

"The coworker is a guest" was accepted.

[redzaali]

Gast cannot refer to *customer? It was rejected.

[Abendbrot]

No, a customer is "ein Kunde". A customer will buy something or at least the costumer show his interesst (low-high) for buying something. A guest is "ein Gast".

[TheGermanDream]

so what's the difference between Mitarbeiter and Angestellte?

[Abendbrot]

Angestellte= A person who gets orders from a boss. A person who take a job. A founder of a company is not an employee(=Angstellter).

Mitarbeiter = is a co-worker, is a person who works together with you or who also supports the company in which you work.

[azuredarkness]

Should "The male employee is a guest" be accepted as an answer?

[coolbeach324]

Gee, thanks duolingo! I have learned a lot!

[Paul_Balan]

I accidently wrote "ghost"

[KhirouTaichi]

is that like an adverb ?!

[alex_tv80]

Der Kollege ist Gastarbeiter

[andre59543]

A Fellow worker is an Employee

[crispybacon4]

Wouldn't "Arbeitnehmer" be a better translation for employee than "Mitarbeiter"? I thought Mitarbeiter was more a co-worker.

[Proxy.Edge]

Can the word Mitarbeiter be break down ?

[RenatoMeek]

Why isn't this "einen Gast" but is "ein Gast" in this sentence? Sorry I am new and confused with this sentence as it appears to me as an Accusitive one.

[orfeocookie]

It's not accusative because the whole sentence is talking about the same person. You don't have a separate subject and object.