werkloos

Dutch

Etymology

werk +‎ -loos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛrk.loːs/

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• Hyphenation: werk‧loos

Adjective

werkloos (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of werkeloos

Usage notes

In recent years, some writers have started to make a distinction between the alternative forms werkloos and werkeloos, reserving the former for the sense “unemployed” and the latter for the sense “idle”. This distinction has no historical basis.

Inflection

Declension of werkloos
uninflected	werkloos
inflected	werkloze
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		werkloos
indefinite	m./f. sing.	werkloze
	n. sing.	werkloos
	plural	werkloze
definite		werkloze
partitive		werkloos

Derived terms

• werkloosheid