arbeitslos

A1 Adjective frequency rank #4,986

What arbeitslos means

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)

Pronunciation

arbeitslos in a sentence

Seit der Schließung der Fabrik ist mein Onkel arbeitslos.

My uncle has been unemployed since the factory closed.

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arbeitslos is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #4,986 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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