erwerbsfähig
German, adjective/ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁpˌfɛːɪç/
erwerbsfähig is spelled E-R-W-E-R-B-S-F-Ä-H-I-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 174,963rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erwerbsfähig is a German adjective meaning “capable of earning (or making) a living; fit for work” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Lage (fähig) zu arbeiten, um Geld für den Unterhalt zu verdienen”.
What does erwerbsfähig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
capable of earning (or making) a living; fit for work
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in der Lage (fähig) zu arbeiten, um Geld für den Unterhalt zu verdienen
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 erwerbsfähig
- erwerbsfähiger masculine nominative singular
- am erwerbsfähigsten superlative
- erwerbsfähige feminine nominative singular
- erwerbsfähiges neuter nominative singular
- erwerbsfähigen genitive masculine singular
- erwerbsfähigem dative masculine singular
- der erwerbsfähige definite includes-article masculine
- die erwerbsfähige definite feminine includes-article
- das erwerbsfähige definite includes-article neuter
- die erwerbsfähigen definite includes-article nominative
- des erwerbsfähigen definite genitive includes-article
- der erwerbsfähigen definite feminine genitive
- dem erwerbsfähigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erwerbsfähig?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁpˌfɛːɪç/
- /-ˌfeːɪç/
- /-ˌfɛːɪk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erwerbsfähig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erwerbsfähig in German?
erwerbsfähig appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).