How to Say ‘I worked on an app.’ in German
Ich habe an einer App gearbeitet.
ikh hah-buh ahn AY-ner ap guh-ar-by-tet
[ikh hah-buh ahn AY-ner ap guh-ar-by-tet]
💬 Usage Tip: Very useful pattern: "an etwas arbeiten" = "to work on something." Memorize it as a chunk.
🇩🇪 In Germany: This sounds natural and professional in German tech interviews.
Phrase Breakdown
Ich
[ikh]
I
First-person singular pronoun used by the speaker.
Ich brauche eine Pause.
I need a break.
habe
[hah-buh]
have
Auxiliary verb for building the perfect tense.
Ich habe einen Plan.
I have a plan.
an
[ahn]
on
Preposition used with arbeiten to indicate the project worked on.
Wir arbeiten an einer Lösung.
We are working on a solution.
einer
[AY-ner]
a
Dative feminine form of the indefinite article, used with App.
Sie schreibt an einer E-Mail.
She is writing an email.
App
[ap]
app
A software application, often mobile or web-based.
Die App hilft vielen Nutzern.
The app helps many users.
gearbeitet
[guh-ar-by-tet]
worked
Past participle of arbeiten, meaning spent time doing work.
Ich habe lange an dem Projekt gearbeitet.
I worked on the project for a long time.
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