Arbeitslose
German, noun
Arbeitslose is spelled A-R-B-E-I-T-S-L-O-S-E (11 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written German, the 11,404th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arbeitslose is a German feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of Arbeitsloser: unemployed woman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, arbeitslose is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “weibliche Person ohne einen Arbeitsplatz oder Anstellung”.
What does Arbeitslose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of Arbeitsloser: unemployed woman
noun
- 1
masculinestrong nominative/accusative plural
- 2
masculineweak nominative singular
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. weibliche Person ohne einen Arbeitsplatz oder Anstellung 2. Arbeitslosenunterstützung
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 Arbeitslose
- die Arbeitslose definite nominative
- Arbeitsloser genitive
- der Arbeitslosen definite genitive
- die Arbeitslosen definite plural
- Arbeitslosen dative plural strong
- den Arbeitslosen dative plural
- eine Arbeitslose nominative singular
- keine Arbeitslosen nominative plural
- einer Arbeitslosen genitive singular
- keiner Arbeitslosen genitive plural
- keinen Arbeitslosen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Arbeitslose in German?
Arbeitslose appears 5.5 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).