werkeloos

Dutch

Pronunciation
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Adjective

werkeloos (not comparable)

  1. having nothing to do, doing nothing; idle
    werkeloos toezien — to watch idly (doing nothing to help)
    werkeloos toezien op iets — to idly keep watch on something
  2. (informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of werkloos (“unemployed”)

Inflection
Inflection of werkeloos
uninflected werkeloos
inflected werkeloze
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial werkeloos
indefinite m./f. sing. werkeloze
n. sing. werkeloos
plural werkeloze
definite werkeloze
partitive werkeloos

Derived terms
  • werkeloze (“idle person”)
  • werkeloosheid (“idleness”)

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