gemeinsam
German, adjective/ɡəˈmaɪnza(ː)m/
gemeinsam is spelled G-E-M-E-I-N-S-A-M (9 letters) and appears 126 times per million words in written German, the 692nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gemeinsam is a German adjective meaning “common, mutual, shared” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mehreren Personen oder Sachen zugleich eigen (jedem gehört ein Anteil daran)”.
What does gemeinsam mean in English?
adjective
- 1
common, mutual, shared
adverb
- 1
together, jointly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mehreren Personen oder Sachen zugleich eigen (jedem gehört ein Anteil daran) 2. in Gemeinschaft, zusammen mit mindestens einem Anderen (neben- und miteinander)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gemeinsam
- gemeinsamer masculine nominative singular
- gemeinsame feminine nominative singular
- gemeinsames neuter nominative singular
- gemeinsamen genitive masculine singular
- gemeinsamem dative masculine singular
- der gemeinsame definite includes-article masculine
- die gemeinsame definite feminine includes-article
- das gemeinsame definite includes-article neuter
- die gemeinsamen definite includes-article nominative
- des gemeinsamen definite genitive includes-article
- der gemeinsamen definite feminine genitive
- dem gemeinsamen dative definite includes-article
- den gemeinsamen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gemeinsam?
- /ɡəˈmaɪnza(ː)m/
- [ɡəˈmaɪ̯nzaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gemeinsam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gemeinsam in German?
gemeinsam appears 126 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).