noun
workplace
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Means 'workplace' or 'place of work' and can also mean a specific job station or desk. It’s a masculine noun (der Arbeitsplatz) with irregular plural formed by umlaut and -e: Arbeitsplätze. Declensions vary (e.g., genitive der Arbeitsplätze). No special prepositions. Used broadly for offices and factories.
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Am neuen Arbeitsplatz gab es strenge Regeln, die viele Mitarbeiter überraschten.
At the new workplace there were strict rules that surprised many employees.
Mein Arbeitsplatz ist nur zehn Minuten entfernt.
My workplace is only ten minutes away.
Unsere Firma hat 200 Arbeitsplätze.
Our company has 200 positions.
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imagine a desk with a sign that says 'Arbeitsplatz' and tools of a trade
sounds a bit like 'work place' in English
der - think of 'der Platz' (masculine place) with 'Arbeit' attached
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Plural: Arbeitsplätze. Common in formal and informal contexts to mean the location or position where someone works.