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Definition 2024
werkeloos
werkeloos
Dutch
Adjective
werkeloos (not comparable)
- 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
- (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”)