Mitarbeiter

Noun

 * 1) person who works, together with others, in a particular business or institution; employee
 * 2) collaborator, person who works with others towards a common goal
 * 3) assistant, person who assists another person in a business
 * 4) staff member

Usage notes

 * Mitarbeiter is a semantic false friend of : although it is made up of elements that mean "co-" and "worker", Mitarbeiter means something more like "employee", not quite "coworker" (which in German is ): you would typically say that a Firma has several Mitarbeiter rather than that you (working at the firm) have several Mitarbeiter, whereas in English, you have coworkers at the company, the company does not normally have coworkers.