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Definition: employee, fellow worker, staff (member); collaborator; contributor (author)

der Mitarbeiter ( - ) employee, fellow worker (m.)
die Mitarbeiterin (-nen) employee, fellow worker (f.)

Note: This is a very common German word rarely found in textbooks for German.

Pronunciation: MITT-ahr-BY-ter
Examples:

Wir haben 50 neue Mitarbeiter eingestellt.
We have taken on 50 new employees / staff members.
Meine Mitarbeiter und Mitarbeiterinnen und ich...
My fellow workers [male and female] and I...

Related: mitarbeiten to work (on, an), collaborate, participate, inoffizieller Mitarbeiter (IM) unofficial collaborator (for the GDR Stasi), die Mitarbeit collaboration, participation, der Mitarbeiterparkplatz employee / staff parking lot / carpark (Br.)

MORE > German Word Frequency 301-400 - 'Mitarbeiter' is 380th

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