erwerbstätig

== German == === Etymology === Erwerb (“gainful employment”) +‎ -s- +‎ tätig (“active”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁpstɛːtɪç] Hyphenation: er‧werbs‧tä‧tig === Adjective === erwerbstätig (strong nominative masculine singular erwerbstätiger, not comparable) employed, gainfully employed, working (engaged in an occupation for which one receives payment) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== berufstätig beschäftigt ==== Antonyms ==== erwerbslos (unemployed) nichterwerbstätig (not in gainful employment; e.g., students or retirees) ==== Coordinate terms ==== Wirtschaftskraft (economic power; driven by the share of the working population) Jahresüberschuss (net income; created by the productivity of the employed) Zahlungskraft (solvency; individuals gain solvency through being employed) Erwerbsquote (employment rate) ==== Related terms ==== Erwerbstätigkeit (gainful employment) Erwerbsperson (person in the labor force) === References === “erwerbstätig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “erwerbstätig” in Duden online