Gesellschaft
German, noun/ɡəˈzɛlʃaft/
Gesellschaft is spelled G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T (12 letters) and appears 191 times per million words in written German, the 453rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gesellschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “company (presence of other people in general)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “größere Gruppe organisiert zusammenlebender Menschen”.
What does Gesellschaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecompany (presence of other people in general)
Ich habe Gesellschaft.
- 2
femininecompany (group of people)
Da kam eine Gesellschaft.
- 3
femininesociety, the public (abstract concept of an organised social group or a local population in general)
- 4
femininesociety (organised group of people with common interests)
Die Goethe-Gesellschaft lädt zur Lesung.
- 5
femininecompany, corporation (collection of people and assets with a legal identity, which may or may not be separate from that of its members)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. größere Gruppe organisiert zusammenlebender Menschen 2. Gesellschaft für etwas: Verbindung von Personen zu einem gemeinsamen Zweck 3. Gruppe von Personen, Personenkreis, Milieu 4. festliche Veranstaltung
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 Gesellschaft
- Gesellschaften plural
- Ges. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gesellschaft?
- /ɡəˈzɛlʃaft/
- [ɡəˈzɛlʃaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gesellschaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gesellschaft in German?
Gesellschaft appears 191 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).