Erwerbslosigkeit
[ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁpsloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Erwerbslosigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fehlendes Einkommen aufgrund fehlender Arbeitsstelle
Corpus desk
Index DE-erwerbslosigkeit · Erwerbslosigkeit · German
Erwerbslosigkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Erwerbslosigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁpsloːzɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Erwerbslosigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Erwerbslosigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁpsloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fehlendes Einkommen aufgrund fehlender Arbeitsstelle".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Erwerbslosigkeit, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Erwerbslosigkeit, spelled E-R-W-E-R-B-S-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1fehlendes Einkommen aufgrund fehlender Arbeitsstelle
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erwerbslosigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Wirkung auf Alf nach über siebenjähriger Erwerbslosigkeit war buchstäblich umwerfend.“
„Aber auch soweit die Vorschrift Behinderte im Sinne des Art. 3 Abs. 3 Satz 2 GG trifft, ist sie wegen der oben dargestellten Berücksichtigung der gesundheitsbedingten Unfähigkeit, zu arbeiten, im Vergleich zu sonstigen Erwerbslosigkeiten noch gerechtfertigt.“
This word in other languages
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.