Mitarbeiter

noun
employee, staff member, colleague
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Mitarbeiter means employee, staff member, or colleague. It's a masculine noun (der Mitarbeiter) whose plural is identical (die Mitarbeiter). Feminine form is Mitarbeiterin. Declension follows normal patterns but plural articles change. Used for coworkers; no special preposition or reflexive use either in everyday speech.

Examples

Der neue Mitarbeiter beginnt am Montag.
The new employee starts on Monday.
Unsere Mitarbeiter sind sehr freundlich.
Our staff members are very friendly.
Unsere Mitarbeiter sind sehr motiviert.
Our employees are very motivated.

Details

PluralMitarbeiter

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
nominativeder Mitarbeiterdie Mitarbeiter
genitivedes Mitarbeitersder Mitarbeiter
dativedem Mitarbeiterden Mitarbeitern
accusativeden Mitarbeiterdie Mitarbeiter

Mnemonics

👁️Picture a team photo captioned 'Unsere Mitarbeiter'.
👂Mitarbeiter sounds like 'mit' (with) + 'arbeiter' (worker) → a worker with you: employee.
⚧️der Mitarbeiter — think masculine default for many job titles; plural often Mitarbeiter (same form).

Notes

Gendered forms exist (Mitarbeiter/Mitarbeiterin). In many contexts plural is Mitarbeiter for mixed groups.

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