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udarnik

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A shock worker; a super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Stakhanovite

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Russian уда́рник (udárnik), from уда́р (udár, “strike, blow, shock”) + -ник (-nik).

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հարվածային (harvacayin) — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Azerbaijani: zərbəçi — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Belarusian: уда́рнік (udárnik) — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Belarusian: уда́рніца (udárnica) — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Bulgarian: уда́рник (udárnik) — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Chinese Mandarin: 突擊手 /突击手 (tūjīshǒu) — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Czech: úderník — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Dutch: stootarbeider — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Finnish: iskurityöläinen — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Finnish: iskuruus — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • French: oudarnik — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • French: ouvrier de choc — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Georgian: დამკვრელი (damḳvreli) — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • German: Stoßarbeiter — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • German: Stoßarbeiterin — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • German: Udarnik — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Greek: ουντάρνικος (ountárnikos) — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Ingrian: udarnikka — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Ingrian: udarnitsa — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Italian: udarnik — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Kazakh: екпінді (ekpındı) — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Kyrgyz: ударник (udarnik) — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Kyrgyz: эпкиндүү (epkindüü) — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Latvian: trieciennieks — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Ossetian: хъазуатон (qazwaton) — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Polish: przodownik pracy — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Portuguese: trabalhador de choque — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Romanian: fruntaș — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Russian: уда́рник (udárnik) — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Russian: уда́рница (udárnica) — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Russian: передови́к произво́дства (peredovík proizvódstva) — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Serbo-Croatian: ударник — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Serbo-Croatian: udarnik — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Swedish: stötbrigadist — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Tatar: ударник (udarnik) — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Ukrainian: уда́рник (udárnyk) — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Ukrainian: уда́рниця (udárnycja) — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
  • Uzbek: zarbdor — shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite