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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
511
I'm 100 percent in agreement with you in that German is an amazing language. I LOVE the compound words!
511
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.
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!
511
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.
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Wouldn't "Arbeitnehmer" be a better translation for employee than "Mitarbeiter"? I thought Mitarbeiter was more a co-worker.