die Fabrik
factory
A large industrial building or a complex of buildings where products are manufactured or processed by machines in large quantities.
EXAMPLE
In dieser Fabrik werden Autoteile produziert.
Car parts are produced in this factory.
die Fabrik
factory
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Meanings
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Careful: 'Fabrik' is not the English word 'fabric' (Stoff). A 'Fabrik' is an industrial building, in English 'factory'.
EXAMPLE
In dieser Fabrik werden Fahrräder hergestellt.
Bicycles are manufactured in this factory.
Typical compounds
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).
EXAMPLE
Er hat eine Stelle in einer großen Autofabrik bekommen.
He got a job in a large car factory.
Typical verbs
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).
EXAMPLE
Viele Menschen aus der Region arbeiten in der neuen Fabrik.
Many people from the region work in the new factory.
Compare with
Fabrik vs Werk
plant / work
Werk and Fabrik often refer to the same kind of industrial manufacturing site. Werk tends to emphasize an entire company production site. Fabrik focuses more on the buildings and the machine-based production of large quantities of goods; in many everyday sentences, however, either word is possible.
Fabrik
In der neuen Fabrik werden täglich fünfhundert Autos montiert.
Five hundred cars are assembled in the new factory every day.
Werk
Der Autohersteller eröffnet in der Stadt ein zweites Werk.
The car manufacturer is opening a second plant in the city.
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