Gastarbeiter

American  

[gahst-ahr-bahy-tuhr] / ˈgɑstˌɑr baɪ tər /

noun

German.

plural

Gastarbeiter

1. guest worker.

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Example Sentences

Ulrich Herbert, history professor at the University Freiburg, said the "Gastarbeiter" experience was already a first step in a slow process.

From Reuters

Even the Turkish workers who were brought in from the 1960s to help with post-war rebuilding were labelled "Gastarbeiter" - temporary "guest workers."

From Reuters

German language requirements for citizenship would also be eased for members of the so-called Gastarbeiter generation, many of them Turkish, who came to Germany in the 1950s and 60s as migrant workers.

From Reuters

Set out during a labor shortage after the Berlin Wall went up, the welcome mat for Gastarbeiter was rolled up in the early 1970s when the global oil crisis paralyzed Europe’s powerhouse economy.

From Los Angeles Times

Her position at the heart of German society also makes Hekimoglu, 33, one of the many scientists, athletes, actors, diplomats, physicians and politicians of Turkish descent who are helping to upend decades-old prejudices and discrimination here against the country’s Gastarbeiter — the “guest workers” who came to do the hard and dirty work that others shunned — and their offspring.

From Los Angeles Times