arbeitslos

Meaning

1. (general, not-comparable) unemployed (having no work despite being willing to work)
2. (colloquial, not-comparable) on welfare; unemployed; idle (having no work and being supported by social benefits despite being able to work)
3. (Germany, not-comparable) working less than 15 hours a week, actively looking for a job that is subject to obligatory social-security payments, registered at the national employment agency, and responding to the latter’s placement services

Concepts

unemployed

jobless

out of work

stranded

out-of-work

out of collar

out of job

on the dole

redundant

on the dole

Synonyms

erwerbslos

beschäftigungslos

unbeschäftigt

ohne Job

arbeitssuchend

steckengeblieben

in Not

nicht erwerbstätig

ohne Beschäftigungsverhältnis

aussetzt

ohne Arbeitsverhältnis

ließ im Stich

ohne Arbeit

Translations

disoccupato

desempleado

chômeur

parado

işsiz

desempregado

au chômage

desocupado

werkloos

senza lavoro

chômage

άνεργος

inoccupé

aturat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaʁbaɪ̯tsloːs/

Etymology

From Arbeit + -s- + -los.