arbeitslos
German, adjective/ˈaʁbaɪ̯tsloːs/
arbeitslos is spelled A-R-B-E-I-T-S-L-O-S (10 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written German, the 9,345th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arbeitslos is a German adjective meaning “unemployed (having no work despite being willing to work)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Erwerbseinkommen, ohne Arbeit, keine Arbeit habend”.
What does arbeitslos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unemployed (having no work despite being willing to work)
- 2
colloquialon welfare; unemployed; idle (having no work and being supported by social benefits despite being able to work)
- 3
working less than 15 hours a week, actively looking for a job that is subject to obligatory social-security payments, registered at the national employment agency, and responding to the latter’s placement services
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Erwerbseinkommen, ohne Arbeit, keine Arbeit habend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of arbeitslos
- arbeitsloser masculine nominative singular
- arbeitslose feminine nominative singular
- arbeitsloses neuter nominative singular
- arbeitslosen genitive masculine singular
- arbeitslosem dative masculine singular
- der arbeitslose definite includes-article masculine
- die arbeitslose definite feminine includes-article
- das arbeitslose definite includes-article neuter
- die arbeitslosen definite includes-article nominative
- des arbeitslosen definite genitive includes-article
- der arbeitslosen definite feminine genitive
- dem arbeitslosen dative definite includes-article
- den arbeitslosen dative definite includes-article
- arbeitlos variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arbeitslos?
- /ˈaʁbaɪ̯tsloːs/
- [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sloːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arbeitslos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arbeitslos in German?
arbeitslos appears 7.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).