"Jag arbetar."

Translation: I work.

[figure.8.]

Arbetar sounds alot like the German word, "arbiten" I'm not sure if that's spelled correctly they both of these words mean working, is working, works, or work.

[Lundgren8]

Yes, the Swedish word was borrowed from Low German some 600 years ago.

[ViArSkoldpaddor]

It's spelled "Arbeiten"

[Weird_Ed]

This spescific word might come from German, but the vast majority of the Swedish language comes from Old Norse - which is a Germanic language by itself, so it is natural that there are many words in Swedish that remind their German equivalents (and also the English ones, such as Bok=book, Syster=sister, Hus=house etc...)

[cvictoria42]

Yep. And with English, on top of the shared ancestry, there's also tons of borrowings from the Vikings coming over in the 9th century

[mrLeopold]

In Dutch we replaced this verb by "werken", which is more like "to work" in English. But if you use compositions like "work insurance", it's "arbeidsverzekering"

[nahuatl1939]

Arbeiten = to work - Die Arbeit = the work

[lostdrewid]

fun fact: the Japanese word for a part time job is アルバイト, which is a direct transliteration of the same German word that gave Swedish arbetar. I love it when words in such vastly different languages have the same etymological roots.

[sweater-strypes]

My German's working rather helpfully for me here.

[Trysalandra]

Is "jag" more often pronounced like "ya" rather than "yog?" The fast and slow versions of this sentence sound different from one another.

[AlPolyglot]

Yes. When people speak in normal, fast speed it's pronounced ''ya''

[TwinTip]

Я работаю

Well I think it sounds similar

[Clayton405368]

Work work... Zug zug... Dabu...

[Damirmmmm]

What's the difference between arbetar and jobbar?

[4oYBIxtO]

Jobbar is more colloquial

[Luxcyol]

I tought that "work" was "att jobba"

[mesvensson]

Jobba is more informal.

[akhilesh_josi]

How we should say "I am a worker" ?

[Zmrzlina]

Jag är en arbetare.

[hoyunmyoun]

In German, "Dienst" is a worker in Government (the departments and the army) "Arbeit" means the others.

I wonder if Swedish has the same thing as I've mentioned above.

[ReginaBetty]

That make sense. Dienen in German means "to serve" - so (correct me if I'm wrong) Dienst is used for Government because it implies that the worker is a civil "servant."

[4oYBIxtO]

The worker in a government department might be called a "tjänsteman", coming from "tjänst", which has the same history as German "Dienst".

[nahuatl1939]

ich arbeite in German. The verb is Arbeiten . The work is Die Arbeit.

[nahuatl1939]

german ARBEITEN.

[Maria_Karam]

Pronunciation question:
In both phrases "Djur arbetar inte" and "Arbetar du?", the voice seems to be emphasising on the first syllable (on A). But in "Jag arbetar" emphasis seems to be on the second syllable (on E). Is there a different pronunciation used in question/negative form in comparison to affirmative?
(Tack in advance for your answers)

[4oYBIxtO]

It should always be on the first syllable

[kimkonex]

When I listen to "arbetar" alone i hear arbEtar but in a sentence it is arbIEtar. Is it just something with the girl's voice or that is an actual thing in swedish