Hilfsarbeiter — meaning in English
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English meaning
- grunt noun A short, low, snorting sound, often expressing effort, annoyance, or reluctance.
- hire verb To employ someone for pay, or to give someone a job.
- navvy noun Someone who does heavy manual work building things such as canals or railways.
- roustabout noun An unskilled worker, for example on an oil rig, at a circus or aboard a ship.
Senses
Hilfsarbeiter is used for these senses in English:
- grunt A person who does ordinary and boring work.
- hire (countable) A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
- navvy (chiefly, _, UK, historical) A laborer on a civil engineering project such as a canal or railroad.
- roustabout (chiefly, US) An unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship. [from 19th c.]
grunt — full definition
- noun A short, low, snorting sound, often expressing effort, annoyance, or reluctance.
- noun An ordinary soldier or low-ranking worker who does the hard, unglamorous tasks.
- verb To make a short, low, snorting sound.
hire — full definition
- verb To employ someone for pay, or to give someone a job.
- verb To pay to use something temporarily, such as a car or a venue (mainly British usage).
- noun A person who has recently been employed, especially as part of a group of new employees.
- noun Payment made for the temporary use of something.
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