Meanings
countable · uncountabletoil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation
Seine Arbeit macht ihm Spaß.He enjoys his work/job.
countable · uncountablejob, task, assignment
Ich muss zuvor noch einige Arbeiten erledigen.First I have to complete some assignments/finish some jobs.
countable · uncountableeffort, work, human expenditure
Das ist mir zu viel Arbeit.This is too much effort for me.
countable · uncountableperformance, workmanship, work, the result of effort that might consist in a product or performance itself depending on what is owed
Sagenhafte Arbeit!Great work!
countable · uncountablework, energy transmitted by force through a body
work; labour labor
Seine Arbeit macht ihm Spaß.
2 more meanings
job; business
„Die Arbeit der ostdeutschen Meisterspione wird nicht bestraft, ihre Bubenstücke schon.“
examination business
Er hat keine Arbeit.