werkeloos
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Dutch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
werkeloos (not comparable)
- having nothing to do, doing nothing; idle, workless
- werkeloos toezien — to watch idly (doing nothing to help)
- workless, jobless, unemployed
- 1770 August 6, “Groot - Brittanien”, in Leydse Maandagſche Courant, number 94, page 1:
- Veele Scheeps - Timmerlieden , die werkeloos waren , zyn bereids in dienſt genoomen , ...
- Many ship carpenters who were unemployed have already been taken into service, ...
Usage notes[edit]
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[edit]
Inflection of werkeloos | ||||
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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[edit]
- werkeloze (“idle person”)
- werkeloosheid (“idleness”)
References[edit]
- ^ “Werkloos / werkeloos”, in Taalloket , Genootschap Onze Taal, 2017 May 2, retrieved November 3, 2019.