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A large industrial building or a complex of buildings where products are manufactured or processed by machines in large quantities.
In dieser Fabrik werden Autoteile produziert.
Car parts are produced in this factory.
Careful: 'Fabrik' is not the English word 'fabric' (Stoff). A 'Fabrik' is an industrial building, in English 'factory'.
In dieser Fabrik werden Fahrräder hergestellt.
Bicycles are manufactured in this factory.
The word 'Fabrik' often forms the base word in compounds that describe the type of product. Examples are 'Autofabrik' (car factory), 'Möbelfabrik' (furniture factory), or 'Schuhfabrik' (shoe factory).
Er hat eine Stelle in einer großen Autofabrik bekommen.
He got a job in a large car factory.
Common verbs used in connection with 'Fabrik' are 'eine Fabrik bauen' (to build a factory), 'eine Fabrik schließen' (to close a factory), and above all 'in einer Fabrik arbeiten' (to work in a factory).
Viele Menschen aus der Region arbeiten in der neuen Fabrik.
Many people from the region work in the new factory.
plant / work
'das Werk' and 'die Fabrik' can both refer to a place where goods are manufactured or processed. In this sense, they are often interchangeable. 'die Fabrik' sounds very direct and general in everyday language. 'das Werk' is often heard in company names, in industry, or when talking about a larger site. Learners can easily confuse the words because both refer to industrial buildings. The important thing is: 'das Werk' also has other meanings, for example in art and literature; 'die Fabrik' only refers to the production site.
Arbeitet ihr noch in der alten Fabrik am Bahnhof?
Do you still work in the old factory by the train station?
Im Werk werden jeden Tag viele neue Autos gebaut.
Many new cars are built at the plant every day.