"Freeter" is a word coined by the Japanese, the combination of "free" and "arbeiter" (the word means "worker" in German), in reference to those freelancing young people.
“飞特族”是日本人把英语中“自由”和德语中的“工人”组合后发明的词,指那些从事自由职业的年轻人。
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The word freeter or freeta was first used around 1987 or 1988 and is thought to be an amalgamation of the English word free (or perhaps freelance) and the German word Arbeiter ("worker").