Gattungswesen
German, noun
Gattungswesen is spelled G-A-T-T-U-N-G-S-W-E-S-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written German, the 440,316th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gattungswesen is a German neuter noun meaning “generic being” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Gattungswesen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutergeneric being
- 2
neuterspecies-being, species-essence, human nature
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Gattungswesen
- Gattungswesens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gattungswesen?
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gattungswesen in German?
Gattungswesen appears about once in every 52 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).