Dutch student slang
What does Arbeider mean?
Arbeider means worker. Dutch students use it for the life that waits after graduating: working full time.
"Next year I'll just be an arbeider too," he sighed after his very last exam.
Dutch student slang. This is a Dutch word. You will hear it a lot at Dutch universities, student associations and in student houses.
An arbeider works 32 to 40 hours a week, or more. It is the phase almost every student ends up in after graduating. Interns get called arbeider too. It is said with a lot of fake pity. Also read about afstubo, burger and work-life balance.
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