What does Arbeitslosigkeit mean in English?

In English, die Arbeitslosigkeit means “unemployment”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Arbeitslosigkeit?

Nominative: die Arbeitslosigkeit. Accusative: die Arbeitslosigkeit. Dative: der Arbeitslosigkeit.

Arbeitslosigkeit: der, die or das?

dieArbeitslosigkeit

Unemployment

feminin · feminineCareer and learningLevel: Intermediate

Short answer: Arbeitslosigkeit takes the article die (die Arbeitslosigkeit). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “unemployment” in English.

Arbeitslosigkeit: word facts

Article: die
Gender: feminin (feminine)
English: Unemployment
Topic: Career and learning
Yupo level: Intermediate

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Why does Arbeitslosigkeit take die?

Nouns ending in -keit usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 34 of 34 such words take die (100%).

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Arbeitslosigkeit in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	die Arbeitslosigkeit
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	die Arbeitslosigkeit
Dativindirect object: to whom?	der Arbeitslosigkeit