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ˈwork·ing-class ADJ

working-class: der Arbeiterklasse nach n

sb from a working-class background: jd aus der Arbeiterschicht

a working-class family: eine Arbeiterfamilie

work·ing ˈclass N + sing/pl vb

the working class: die Arbeiterklasse kein pl

ethos [ˈi:θɒs, Am -θɑ:s] N no pl

ethos: Gesinnung f <-, -en>

ethos: Ethos nt <-> form

working-class ethos: Ethos nt der Arbeiterklasse

mo·res [ˈmɔ:reɪz] N pl

1. mores SOCIOL (ways):

mores: Sitten pl

mores: Gebräuche pl

mores: Gepflogenheiten pl

mores: Konventionen form pl

mores: [traditionelle] Lebensweise

social mores: gesellschaftliche Konventionen

middle-class/working-class mores: Lebensweise f der Mittel-/Arbeiterklasse

2. mores LAW (practices):

mores: gute Sitten

[transaction] contra bonos mores: gegen die guten Sitten [verstoßendes Rechtsgeschäft]

I. vote [vəʊt, Am voʊt] N

1. vote (expression of choice):

vote: Stimme f <-, -n>

to cast [or record] one's vote: seine Stimme abgeben

2. vote (election):

vote: Abstimmung f <-, -en>

vote: Wahl f <-, -en>

to hold [or take] a vote: eine Abstimmung durchführen

to put sth to the [or a]vote: über etw acc abstimmen lassen

3. vote (of group):

vote: Stimmen pl

the working-class vote: die Stimmen pl der Arbeiterklasse

4. vote no pl (right):

the vote: das Wahlrecht [o. Stimmrecht]

to have the vote: das Wahlrecht [o. Stimmrecht] haben

II. vote [vəʊt, Am voʊt] VB intr

1. vote (elect candidate, measure):

vote: wählen

to vote in an election: zu einer Wahl gehen

to vote against/for sb/sth: gegen/für jdn/etw stimmen

2. vote (formally choose):

to vote to do sth: dafür stimmen [o. sich acc dafür aussprechen] , etw zu tun

3. vote (formally decide):

to vote on sth: über etw acc abstimmen

to vote on a proposal: über einen Vorschlag abstimmen

Phrases:

to vote with one's feet: mit den Füßen abstimmen

III. vote [vəʊt, Am voʊt] VB trans

1. vote (elect):

to vote sb in: jdn wählen

to vote sb into office: jdn ins Amt wählen

to vote sb out [of office]: jdn [aus dem Amt] abwählen

2. vote (propose):

to vote that ...: vorschlagen, dass ...

3. vote (declare):

to vote sb/sth sth: jdn/etw zu etw dat erklären

she was voted the winner: sie wurde zur Siegerin erklärt

the evening was voted a tremendous success: der Abend wurde als überwältigender Erfolg bezeichnet

4. vote (decide to give):

to vote sb/sth sth [or sth for [or Brit to] [or Am towards] sb/sth]: etw jdm/etw bewilligen

to vote £1 million for a project: eine Million Pfund für ein Projekt bewilligen

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English

Ar·bei·ter·vier·tel <-s, -> N nt

Arbeiterviertel: working-class area [or district]

Ar·bei·ter·fa·mi·lie <-, -n> N f

Arbeiterfamilie: working-class family

Ar·bei·ter·kind <-(e)s, -er> N nt

Arbeiterkind: working-class child

Arbeiterklasse: working class

zur Klasse der Arbeiter gehören: to belong to the [or to be] working class

Klett Geography Glossary

working-class town N

working-class town: Arbeiterstadt

Present
I	vote
you	vote
he/she/it	votes
we	vote
you	vote
they	vote

Past
I	voted
you	voted
he/she/it	voted
we	voted
you	voted
they	voted

Present Perfect
I	have	voted
you	have	voted
he/she/it	has	voted
we	have	voted
you	have	voted
they	have	voted

Past Perfect
I	had	voted
you	had	voted
he/she/it	had	voted
we	had	voted
you	had	voted
they	had	voted

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the working class: die Arbeiterklasse

zur Klasse der Arbeiter gehören: to belong to the [or to be] working class

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

His parents were working-class folk, perhaps a barber and a washerwoman.

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In practice, these regulations help only very poor families, and not working-class and middle-income families.

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Unfortunately though the houses may have been more modest, they were still too expensive for many working-class people.

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They served only the center of the city and the better neighborhoods, ignoring the working-class neighborhoods and the outer parts of the city.

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They are ordinary working-class people who blame society for their sufferings.

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Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

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His music is about the universal working-class struggle.

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www.redbull.com

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Seine Musik befasst sich mit dem universellen Kampf der Arbeiterklasse.

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www.redbull.com

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Looking back at the North-East of England during the early sixties, a working-class world in a time of change.

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www.interfilm.de

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Ein Blick zurück in den Nordosten Englands der frühen 1960er - die Welt der Arbeiterklasse in Zeiten des Umbruchs.

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www.interfilm.de

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As a child of a white working-class family, Geers learned early on about the influence of faith, politics, and ideology.

www.hausderkunst.de

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Als Kind einer weißen Arbeiterfamilie erfuhr Geers bereits in jungen Jahren den Einfluss von Glauben, Politik und Ideologie.

www.hausderkunst.de

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Every working-class family should be able to afford their own apartment.

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www.alma-mahler.at

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Jede Arbeiterfamilie wird die Möglichkeit bekommen, in ihren eigenen vier Wänden zu wohnen.

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www.alma-mahler.at

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Children from civil servant families with academic titles are five times more likely to go to university than children from working-class families.

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Kinder aus Beamtenfamilien mit akademischen Würden hätten eine fünf Mal so große Chance, ein Hochschulstudium aufzunehmen wie Kinder aus Arbeiterfamilien.

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