Zwangsarbeit
dieNounforced labor
English translations
- 01
forced labor
Word details
- German meaning
- Arbeit, die jemand unter Zwang oder Androhung von Strafe verrichten muss.
- English meaning
- Forced labor
- Synonym
- Frondienst
- German example
- Zwangsarbeit ist eine Verletzung der Menschenrechte.
- English example
- Forced labor is a violation of human rights.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- die
- Singular Form
- die Zwangsarbeit
- Plural Form
- die Zwangsarbeiten
Related words
- Zwangsarbeiterin
Forced laborer (female)
- Zwangsarbeiter
A forced laborer is a person who is forced to work, often without pay and under poor conditions.
- Fremdarbeiter
A foreign worker is a person who comes from abroad to work in a particular country, often under difficult conditions. The term has a negative connotation, especially in connection with forced labor during World War II.
- versklaven
To enslave
- Fron
Corvée refers to unpaid compulsory labor that a subject had to perform for their lord.
- Stalinismus
Stalinism refers to the political and economic ideology and practices associated with Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union, including totalitarian control, cult of personality, and repression.
- Arbeitslager
Labor camp
- Umerziehungslager
A re-education camp is a facility where people are subjected to forced labor and indoctrination to be politically or ideologically reshaped.
- Gulag
Gulag
- roboten
To toil
- Arbeitseinsatzführer
Labor deployment leader
- Arbeitsmaid
Forced laborer (female)
- Arbeitsdienst
Compulsory labor service
- Schindlerjude
Schindler Jews are the Jewish forced laborers who were saved from the Holocaust by Oskar Schindler.
- Arbeitsdienstpflicht
Compulsory labor service
Example sentences with “Zwangsarbeit”
Zwangsarbeit ist ein schweres Verbrechen. (Forced labor is a serious crime.)
Frequently asked questions
Is Zwangsarbeit feminine?
Yes, 'die Zwangsarbeit'.