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Plackerei

drudge

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Meaning of Plackerei

a person who does boring hard work

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German/ˈplakəˌʁaɪ̯/
drudge
Plackerei - drudge
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Plackerei with English translation

Plackerei usage examples

🇬🇧English🇩🇪German

Der drudige Job machte ihn müde.

🇬🇧English🇩🇪German

Sie wollte nicht ihr ganzes Leben in der Plackerei verbringen.

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Plackerei synonyms

Related word breakdowns

What's the difference between Plackerei / Tagelöhner / Arbeitskraft / Schuft / Schreiber / Diener

T
🇩🇪German
Tagelöhner

A hired laborer, often paid by the day or for manual work; refers more to the worker than to the tiring nature of the work itself.

B2Often
A
🇩🇪German
Arbeitskraft

Labor power; a neutral term for a person as a source of work, without the sense of boredom or hardship.

B2Very Often
S
🇩🇪German
Schuft

Scoundrel, rogue; an insulting word for a bad person, not for hard boring work.

B2Often
S
🇩🇪German
Schreiber

Writer, scribe, clerk; someone who writes, not someone doing hard boring labor.

B2Often
D
🇩🇪German
Diener

Servant; a person who serves or waits on others, usually in a household or formal setting.

B2Often
K
🇩🇪German
Knecht

Servant, farmhand, laborer; an old-fashioned term for a dependent worker, often in rural settings.

B2Often
J
🇩🇪German
jemand, der einfache schwere Arbeit verrichtet

Descriptive phrase: a person who does simple but hard work; very close in meaning, but neutral and non-evaluative.

C1Very Often
M
🇩🇪German
mühsame Arbeit

Laborious work; emphasizes effort and exhaustion, not the person doing it.

B2Very Often
L
🇩🇪German
langweilige Arbeit

Boring work; focuses on monotony and lack of interest rather than on physical hardship.

B2Very Often

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How to pronounce Plackerei and what this word means

Plackerei means drudge. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce Plackerei

/ˈplakəˌʁaɪ̯/

Plackerei translation

drudge

Plackerei examples

Der drudige Job machte ihn müde.

Plackerei transcription

/ˈplakəˌʁaɪ̯/

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Plackerei meaning: what does it mean?

eine Person, die langweilige und schwere Arbeit verrichtet

Plackerei pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

Plackerei is pronounced as /ˈplakəˌʁaɪ̯/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

Plackerei definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

Der drudige Job machte ihn müde. Translation: Изнурительная работа утомляла его.

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