Feminine

Gesellschaft

  1. (feminine) company (presence of other people in general)
  2. (feminine) company (group of people)
  3. (feminine) society, the public (abstract concept of an organised social group or a local population in general)
  4. (feminine) society (organised group of people with common interests)
  5. (feminine) company, corporation (collection of people and assets with a legal identity, which may or may not be separate from that of its members)

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Graubünden

Graubünden

gsellschafft

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡəˈzɛlʃaft/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German gesellescaft, from Old High German giselliscaft. Equivalent to Geselle + -schaft. Cognate with Dutch gezelschap.

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