apprentice
To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a…To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
» Have you met my new apprentice?
Hast du schon meinen neuen Lehrling kennengelernt?
Habt ihr schon meinen neuen Lehrling kennengelernt?
Haben Sie schon meinen neuen Lehrling kennengelernt?
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
His father had apprenticed him to a silk merchant.
He was apprenticed to a local employer.
in die Lehre geben zu, in die Ausbildung geben zu
(transitive)To be an apprentice to.
Joe apprenticed three different photographers before setting up his own studio.
seine Ausbildung machen bei, in der ausgebildet sein bei, ausgebildet werden bei
be or work as an apprentice
Examples
34 sentencesHave you met my new apprentice?
deHast du schon meinen neuen Lehrling kennengelernt? — Waldelfe
Would you like to be my apprentice?
ruХотел бы ты стать моим учеником? — mrtaistoi
Do you want to be my apprentice?
ruХочешь быть моим учеником? — odexed
Tom spent a decade as an apprentice.
deTom war zehn Jahre lang Lehrling. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I'm still an apprentice.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English apprentice, apprentesse, apprentyse, apprentis, from Old French aprentFrom Middle English apprentice, apprentesse, apprentyse, apprentis, from Old French aprentis, plural of aprentif, from Old French aprendre (verb), Late Latin apprendō, from Classical Latin apprehendō.
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Forms
apprentices, apprenticing, apprenticed, apprenticed| Base form | apprentice · to apprentice |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | apprentices |
| Present participle | apprenticing |
| Past simple | apprenticed |
| Past participle | apprenticed |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle