erwerbslos
[ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁpsˌloːs]
The verdict
“erwerbslos” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Arbeit, ohne Einkommen, obwohl die Person arbeitsfähig ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-erwerbslos · erwerbslos · German
erwerbslos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | erwerbslos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁpsˌloːs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erwerbslos“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erwerbslos is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁpsˌloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne Arbeit, ohne Einkommen, obwohl die Person arbeitsfähig ist".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for erwerbslos, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 erwerbslos, spelled E-R-W-E-R-B-S-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1ohne Arbeit, ohne Einkommen, obwohl die Person arbeitsfähig ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erwerbslos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seitdem ich erwerbslos bin kann ich einen größeren Teil meiner Zeit der Arbeit bei Wikipedia widmen.
Herrmann ist seit einem halben Jahr erwerbslos.
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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.