arbejdsro
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]arbejde (“work”) + ro (“calm, peace”)
Noun
[edit]arbejdsro c (singular definite arbejdsroen, not used in plural form)
- tranquility allowing for productive and/or comfortable work
- Giv mig noget arbejdsro!
- Give me some peace to work!
- 2008, Sara Blædel, Kun et liv, Art People, →ISBN:
- Lad os nu bare få noget arbejdsro. Vicepolitimesteren tøvede. - Godt. Så venter vi med grundlovsforhøret til i morgen eftermiddag, sagde han, - men så forventer jeg også, at I har noget mere til mig.
- Please just let us do our job. The vice chief constable hesitated. - Alright. We shall put off the hearing till tomorrow afternoon, he said, - but then I expect you to have more to offer me.
- 2006, Lærer og personlighed: brug elevfeedback og bliv en bedre underviser, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 76:
- De er klar over, at de selv er medskyldige, hvis det ender i disciplinære problemer, men hovedansvaret for arbejdsroen ligger dog på læreren.
- They [students] are aware that they are themselves complicit, if the result is disciplinary problems, yet the teacher carries the chief responsibility for [ensuring] work peace.
- 2010, Søren Bastholm, Menneskeliv, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 223:
- Det vigtigste for dem var, at arbejdsroen var genoprettet.
- The most important thing for them was that work peace was reestablished.
Declension
[edit]| common gender |
singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | arbejdsro | arbejdsroen |
| genitive | arbejdsros | arbejdsroens |