erwerbsunfähig
German, adjective[ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁpsʔʊnˌfɛːɪç]
erwerbsunfähig is spelled E-R-W-E-R-B-S-U-N-F-Ä-H-I-G (14 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 170,338th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erwerbsunfähig is a German adjective meaning “unable to work” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht in der Lage, einer Arbeit zum Lebensunterhalt nachzugehen”.
What does erwerbsunfähig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unable to work
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht in der Lage, einer Arbeit zum Lebensunterhalt nachzugehen
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 erwerbsunfähig
- erwerbsunfähiger masculine nominative singular
- erwerbsunfähige feminine nominative singular
- erwerbsunfähiges neuter nominative singular
- erwerbsunfähigen genitive masculine singular
- erwerbsunfähigem dative masculine singular
- der erwerbsunfähige definite includes-article masculine
- die erwerbsunfähige definite feminine includes-article
- das erwerbsunfähige definite includes-article neuter
- die erwerbsunfähigen definite includes-article nominative
- des erwerbsunfähigen definite genitive includes-article
- der erwerbsunfähigen definite feminine genitive
- dem erwerbsunfähigen dative definite includes-article
- den erwerbsunfähigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erwerbsunfähig?
- [ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁpsʔʊnˌfɛːɪç]
- [ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁpsʔʊnˌfɛːɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is erwerbsunfähig in German?
erwerbsunfähig 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).