werkloos
Dutch
Etymology
werk + -loos
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɛrk.loːs/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: werk‧loos
Adjective
werkloos (not comparable)
- 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.[1]
Inflection
| Inflection 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
References
- “Werkloos / werkeloos”, in Taalloket , Genootschap Onze Taal, May 2, 2017, retrieved November 3, 2019.