beschäftigungslos
[bəˈʃɛftɪɡʊŋsˌloːs]
The verdict
“beschäftigungslos” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Beschäftigung seiend; keiner Beschäftigung nachgehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-beschaftigungslos · beschäftigungslos · German
beschäftigungslos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beschäftigungslos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈʃɛftɪɡʊŋsˌloːs] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „beschäftigungslos“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
beschäftigungslos is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈʃɛftɪɡʊŋsˌloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne Beschäftigung seiend; keiner Beschäftigung nachgehend".
beschäftigungslos doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is beschäftigungslos, spelled B-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T-I-G-U-N-G-S-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1ohne Beschäftigung seiend; keiner Beschäftigung nachgehend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beschäftigungslos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nachdem er seinen Job verlor, war er jahrelang beschäftigungslos.
Nach getaner Arbeit saß er beschäftigungslos da.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.