остарбайтер

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Ukrainian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Ostarbeiter.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

оста́рбайтер (ostárbajterm pers (genitive оста́рбайтера, nominative plural оста́рбайтери, genitive plural оста́рбайтерів, feminine оста́рбайтерка)

  1. (historical) Ostarbeiter (a slave worker of Nazi Germany that has been deported from Eastern Europe)
  2. (ironic) a migrant worker
    Synonym: заробітча́нин (zarobitčányn)

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “остарбайтер”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN