Drecksarbeit

German

Alternative forms

Dreckarbeit (less common)

Etymology

From Dreck (“dirt”) +‎ -s- +‎ Arbeit (“work”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdʀɛksʔaʁˌbaɪ̯t]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Drecks‧ar‧beit

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

(colloquial, derogatory) dirty work

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

“Drecksarbeit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Drecksarbeit” in Duden online
“Drecksarbeit” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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