Polyglot Dictionary

Gesellschaft

/ɡəˈzɛlʃaft/

die noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Gesellschaften

Meaning

  1. society

    Related to Geselle (companion) via gesellen (to associate with).

    • Das ist ein Problem der ganzen Gesellschaft.

      That's a problem for the whole society.

  2. company (someone's presence)

    • Sie genoss seine Gesellschaft.

      She enjoyed his company.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Collective

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

sociedad

sociedad is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "society."

Portuguese

sociedade

sociedade is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "society."

Practice

1 What does Gesellschaft mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ist ein Problem der ganzen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Gesellschaft?

See also

nountwo-meanings

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