Angestellter

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1) employee, worker, clerk, servant, staffer, staff member

Usage notes

 * Formerly, a distinction was made between and, with the latter being a salaried professional or white-collar worker. Today, the word usually includes all (permanent) employees. It is still precisely distinguished from , however.
 * Since the late 20th century, many companies replaced the word in their internal parlance with, which was thought to sound more like . More recently, some companies have been reintroducing , because this word is more readily adaptable to gender-neutral language.