arbejdsro

Danish

Etymology

arbejde (“work”) +‎ ro (“calm, peace”)

Noun

arbejdsro c (singular definite arbejdsroen, not used in plural form)

1. tranquility allowing for productive and/or comfortable work

   Giv mig noget arbejdsro!

   Give me some peace to work!

   • 2008, Sara Blædel, Kun et liv, Art People, →ISBN:

     Lad os nu bare få noget arbejdsro. Vicepolitimesteren tøvede. - Godt. Så venter vi med grundlovsforhøret til i morgen eftermiddag, sagde han, - men så forventer jeg også, at I har noget mere til mig.

     Please just let us do our job. The vice chief constable hesitated. - Alright. We shall put off the hearing till tomorrow afternoon, he said, - but then I expect you to have more to offer me.

   • 2006, Lærer og personlighed: brug elevfeedback og bliv en bedre underviser, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 76:

     De er klar over, at de selv er medskyldige, hvis det ender i disciplinære problemer, men hovedansvaret for arbejdsroen ligger dog på læreren.

     They [students] are aware that they are themselves complicit, if the result is disciplinary problems, yet the teacher carries the chief responsibility for [ensuring] work peace.

   • 2010, Søren Bastholm, Menneskeliv, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 223:

     Det vigtigste for dem var, at arbejdsroen var genoprettet.

     The most important thing for them was that work peace was reestablished.

Declension

Declension of arbejdsro

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	arbejdsro	arbejdsroen
genitive	arbejdsros	arbejdsroens

See also

• madro