Gesellschaft

== English == === Alternative forms === gesellschaft === Etymology === Borrowed from German Gesellschaft, from Geselle +‎ -schaft. Compare to English gemeinschaft. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈzɛlʃaft/ === Noun === Gesellschaft (plural Gesellschaften or Gesellschafts) (sociology) A hypothetical mode of society, made up of self-serving individuals linked by impersonal ties; as opposed to Gemeinschaft. == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German gesellescaft, from Old High German giselliscaft. Equivalent to Geselle +‎ -schaft. Cognate with Dutch gezelschap. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈzɛlʃaft/ Hyphenation: Ge‧sell‧schaft === Noun === Gesellschaft f (genitive Gesellschaft, plural Gesellschaften) company (presence of other people in general) Ich habe Gesellschaft. ― I have company. / I'm not alone. company (group of people) society, the public (abstract concept of an organised social group or a local population in general) 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 253: society (organised group of people with common interests) (law) company, corporation (collection of people and assets with a legal identity, which may or may not be separate from that of its members) ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== Aktiengesellschaft, Abendgesellschaft, Ellenbogengesellschaft, Geheimgesellschaft, Fluggesellschaft, Handelsgesellschaft, Kontrollgesellschaft, Verlagsgesellschaft, Versicherungsgesellschaft, Wohnungsgesellschaft, Wegwerfgesellschaft ==== Derived terms ==== Gesellschafter ==== Related terms ==== Gesellschaftsanteil, Gesellschaftsabend, Gesellschaftsaufgabe, Gesellschaftsmitglied, Gesellschaftsspiel, Gesellschaftstreffen, Gesellschaftsvermögen === Further reading === “Gesellschaft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Gesellschaft” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Gesellschaft” in Duden online Gesellschaft on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de