Adjective
arbeitslos
unemployed (having no work despite being willing to work)
A1
rank #4,986
Meanings
Adjective
- unemployed (having no work despite being willing to work)
- on welfare; unemployed; idle (having no work and being supported by social benefits despite being able to work)
- registered as unemployed in the official German statistical sense (working under 15 hours a week and actively seeking insurable work)
In a sentence
Seit der Schließung der Fabrik ist mein Onkel arbeitslos.
My uncle has been unemployed since the factory closed.