Vocabulary
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Werkstudent
/ˈvɛʁkʃtuˌdɛnt/· noun· Pl. die Werkstudenten
working student (a student employed part-time, usually in their field)
Werkstudenten work for a company alongside their studies — as a rule up to 20 hours a week in the lecture period, more in the holidays. As long as the studies come first, they pay no health, care or unemployment insurance contributions on the job, only pension contributions.
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Forms
- Singular
- der Werkstudent
- Plural
- die Werkstudenten
- Genitiv
- des Werkstudenten
- feminin
- die Werkstudentin, die Werkstudentinnen
- n-Deklination
- der Werkstudent, den / dem / des Werkstudenten
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
Werkstudent
working student
Ich arbeite als Werkstudentin in einem Ingenieurbüro.
I work as a working student at an engineering firm.
Word family
Werkstudentdas Werkworks, plantder Student / die Studentinstudentdie Werkstudentenstelleworking-student jobstudierento study
Common combinations
- als Werkstudent arbeitento work as a working student
- eine Werkstudentenstelle suchento look for a working-student job
- Werkstudent im Marketingworking student in marketing
Common learner mistakes
- Wir suchen einen Werkstudent.Wir suchen einen Werkstudenten.Werkstudent is a weak noun like der Student: den Werkstudenten, dem Werkstudenten.
Real examples
- Die Firma sucht einen Werkstudenten für zwanzig Stunden pro Woche.The company is looking for a working student for twenty hours a week.
- Als Werkstudent verdiene ich mehr als im Café und lerne etwas für mein Fach.As a working student I earn more than in the café and learn something for my subject.
- In den Semesterferien dürfen Werkstudenten auch Vollzeit arbeiten.In the semester holidays working students may also work full time.
