"work for" in German to work for erarbeiten sich etw. erarbeiten Detailed translations for "work for" to work for to work for(also: develop, to formulate sth.) erarbeiten Well, I would have made you work for it first. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Ich hätte dich den Sieg aber erst erarbeiten lassen. But your greater crime was to throw away what I'd kill for to destroy in a minute what I work for Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review meinem Leben... nie hätte erarbeiten können! to work for sich etw. erarbeiten