No. 591 in German
gearbeitet
"Worked" (past participle of "arbeiten" - to work).
In a sentence
Ich habe gestern acht Stunden gearbeitet.
I worked eight hours yesterday.
The word 'gearbeitet' is used here as the past participle in the present perfect tense with the auxiliary verb 'haben', indicating a completed action in the past.
Er sagte, dass er den ganzen Tag gearbeitet hatte.
He said that he had worked all day.
In this sentence, 'gearbeitet' is part of the past perfect tense, showing an action that was completed before another action or point in the past.
Hast du jemals in einer Bibliothek gearbeitet?
Have you ever worked in a library?
Here, 'gearbeitet' is used in the present perfect tense within a question, asking about a specific experience in the unspecified past.
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