Gesellschaft

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 2 German 2.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

German, from Geselle + -schaft.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /gə'zɛlʃaft/

[edit] Noun

Gesellschaft f. (plural: Gesellschaften)

1. (sociology) a hypothetical mode of society, made up of self-serving individuals linked by impersonal ties; as opposed to Gemeinschaft

   • 1973: Seven years later, Hernández wrote a Return of Martín Fierro in which the Gaucho sells out: assimilates back into Christian society, gives up his freedom for the kind of constitutional Gesellschaft being pushed in those days by Buenos Aires. — Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

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[edit] Noun

Gesellschaft f. (genitive Gesellschaft, plural Gesellschaften)

1. society, community
2. (business) company