This is the 591st most frequent German word.
gearbeitet
"Worked" (past participle of "arbeiten" - to work).
The word 'gearbeitet' is used here as the past participle in the present perfect tense with the auxiliary verb 'haben', indicating a completed action in the past.
Ich habe gestern acht Stunden gearbeitet.
I worked eight hours yesterday.
Here, 'gearbeitet' is used in the present perfect tense within a question, asking about a specific experience in the unspecified past.
Hast du jemals in einer Bibliothek gearbeitet?
Have you ever worked in a library?
In this sentence, 'gearbeitet' is part of the past perfect tense, showing an action that was completed before another action or point in the past.