Arbeitstier

== German == === Etymology === Arbeit (“work”) +‎ -s- +‎ Tier (“animal”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaʁbaɪ̯tsˌtiːʁ/, [ˈʔaʁ.baɪ̯t͡sˌti(ː)ɐ̯], [ˈʔaɐ̯-], [ʔaː-] Hyphenation: Ar‧beits‧tier === Noun === Arbeitstier n (strong, genitive Arbeitstieres or Arbeitstiers, plural Arbeitstiere) an animal that does labour for people; beast of burden (figurative) a person who works exaggeratedly hard workaholic (one who cannot relax) plodder (one who must level out lacking talent) (figurative) a machine, e.g. a car, kept for practical use rather than for leisure or as a status symbol ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Arbeitstier”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Arbeitstier” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon