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Drecksarbeit
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German
Alternative forms
de Dreckarbeit less common
Etymology
de :af Dreck<t:dirt> -s- Arbeit<t:work>
From de Dreck -s- Arbeit dirt work.
Pronunciation
de [ˈdʀɛksʔaʁˌbaɪ̯t]
de De-Drecksarbeit.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Drecks ar beit
Noun
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de colloquial derogatory dirty work
de 2025-06-17 ZDFheute Nachrichten w:Friedrich Merz https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xooKNrPkEH0 Chancellor Merz: Israel does "dirty work" for all of us English translation from journal 2025-06-18 'Doing the dirty work for us': Merz praises Israel over Iran attacks https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ulz1bRlboxc CGTN Europe Das ist die Drecksarbeit, die Israel macht für uns alle. This is the dirty work that Israel is doing for all of us.
de Tim Bartz Hat der Saubermann die Drecksarbeit erledigt? Has “Mr. Clean” done the dirty work? Der Spiegel 2025-07-03 https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/christian-sewing-skandal-aus-finanzkrise-belastet-deutsche-bank-chef-a-cd245966-4e23-4ae7-aaf2-7bc49188b1d4 2195-1349 Martin Hesse Sara Wess https://web.archive.org/web/20260312105338/https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/christian-sewing-skandal-aus-finanzkrise-belastet-deutsche-bank-chef-a-cd245966-4e23-4ae7-aaf2-7bc49188b1d4 12 March 2026
Declension
f
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