de Grenzgänger
[ɡʀˈæntsɡæŋɐ]
the cross-border commuter
Example
Vill Grenzgänger musse wäit fueren, fir op d'Aarbecht ze kommen.
Many cross-border commuters have to travel far to get to work.
Taught in B2 · Living across borders
Luxembourg lives with its neighbours: talk about commuting across the border, working with other countries and working in several languages.
Other words in this lesson
- d'Groussregioun — the Greater Region (Luxembourg and its neighbouring areas)
- d'Nopeschland — the neighbouring country
- de Pendler — the commuter
- pendelen — to commute, to shuttle
- den Auslänner / d'Auslännerin — the foreigner
- auslännesch — foreign
- d'Immigratioun — immigration
- d'Integratioun — integration
- integréieren — to integrate
- d'Mobilitéit — mobility
- de Salarié — the employee
- den Aarbechtsvertrag — the employment contract
- méisproocheg — multilingual
- den Dolmetscher — the interpreter
- d'Passkontroll — the passport check
- d'Grenzkontroll — the border check
- d'Zesummenaarbecht — the collaboration, the cooperation
- zesummeschaffen — to work together, to cooperate
- grenziwwerschreidend — cross-border
- Dausende — thousands
- sëlleg — quite a few
- d'Grenz — border
- d'Autoritéit — authority
- béid — both