• Ambiorickx@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Isn’t “Arbeitsnehmer” one who takes labor? I would think the worker gives his or her labor, and the industrialist takes it.

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      1 year ago

      Here “arbeit” translates to “job” better than “labour”. One provides the job, the other takes the job (and consequently does the labour).

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      In Dutch we have werknemer and werkgever.

      Werknemer takes work (person with a job)

      Werkgever gives work (company hiring people)