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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Hilfskraft

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Hilfskraft

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Auxiliary/ɔːɡˈzɪl.i.ə.ri/
adjectivenounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Sie suchten nach einer zusätzlichen Hilfskraft."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Providing supplementary or additional help and support.

    "The ship carried auxiliary engines for use in emergencies."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'auxiliarius', meaning 'helpful' or 'assisting', which comes from 'auxilium', meaning 'help' or 'aid'. Entering Middle English in the 16th century, the term has historically maintained its core sense of providing supplementary or secondary support and backing.

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