Schwarzarbeiter
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]schwarz (“black (i.e., illicit, illegal, clandestine, undocumented)”) + Arbeiter (“worker”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schwarzarbeiter m (strong, genitive Schwarzarbeiters, plural Schwarzarbeiter, feminine Schwarzarbeiterin)
- illicit or illegal worker, clandestine worker, undocumented worker (American), moonlighter (colloquial)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Schwarzarbeiter [masculine, strong]
Related terms
[edit]- Schwarzbrenner
- Schwarzarbeit
- schwarzarbeiten
- Schwarzarbeitsbekämpfungsgesetz (“Control of Unreported Employment Act”) (SchwarzArbG) (Germany)
Further reading
[edit]- “Schwarzarbeiter” in Duden online
- “Schwarzarbeiter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache