Nomen

die Angestellte / der Angestellte

employee, salaried employee, white-collar worker

Die Angestellte arbeitet im Büro.

The (female) employee works in the office.

Er ist ein Angestellter in der Bank.

He is an employee at the bank.

Alle Angestellten bekommen einen Bonus.

All employees are getting a bonus.

to work as an employee Sie arbeitet als Angestellte bei Siemens.

to be an employee at+3 Er ist Angestellter bei der Deutschen Bank.

der Mitarbeiter (colleague, employee), der Arbeitnehmer (employee); Antonym: der Arbeitgeber (employer)

A nominalised adjective, from 'angestellt' (employed). It literally means 'the employed one'. This is a common way to form nouns for people in German.

Just take the adjective 'angestellt' (employed), capitalise it, and you get the noun for 'employee'. Remember 'die' for female, 'der' for male.

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