Massenarbeitslosigkeit
German, noun/ˈmasənˌaʁbaɪ̯tsloːzɪçkaɪ̯t/
Massenarbeitslosigkeit is spelled M-A-S-S-E-N-A-R-B-E-I-T-S-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T (22 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 69,095th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Massenarbeitslosigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “mass unemployment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zustand einer sehr großen Zahl beschäftigungswilliger Personen, die Arbeit suchen und nicht finden”.
What does Massenarbeitslosigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemass unemployment
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zustand einer sehr großen Zahl beschäftigungswilliger Personen, die Arbeit suchen und nicht finden
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Massenarbeitslosigkeit?
- /ˈmasənˌaʁbaɪ̯tsloːzɪçkaɪ̯t/
- [-ˌʔaʁ-]
- [ˈmasn̩ˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t͡sloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Massenarbeitslosigkeit in German?
Massenarbeitslosigkeit appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).