Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Arbeit adelt

English translation:

work is ennobling

Added to glossary by Kim Metzger
Jul 30, 2005 18:10
18 yrs ago
German term

Arbeit adelt

German to English Social Sciences Military / Defense war memorabilia
the term urbeit adelt is carved on an old knife i have come across,any ideas??
Change log

Jul 30, 2005 18:13: Kim Metzger changed "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences"

Jul 30, 2005 20:01: Marcus Malabad changed "Term asked" from "urbeit adelt" to "Arbeit adelt"

Jul 31, 2005 09:31: Steffen Walter changed "Field (write-in)" from "war memorabelia" to "war memorabilia"

Jul 31, 2005 15:18: Cilian O'Tuama changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Proposed translations

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German term (edited): urbeit adelt
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work is ennobling

Should be Arbeit adelt.
Peer comment(s):

agree Brie Vernier
0 min
agree Dr.G.MD (X)
25 mins
agree Melanie Nassar
36 mins
agree franglish
1 hr
agree Steffen Walter : "urbeit/Urbeit" might be old/regional usage, though.
15 hrs
agree Martina Heintke
16 hrs
agree Shane London : Yes, or 'work ennobles'
20 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
2 days 6 hrs

work ennobles (the soul)

As seen on a German-English Glossary web site. Absolutely the same as "work is ennobling", but sounds a little bit snappier.
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