Gesellschaftstanz

[ɡəˈzɛlʃaft͡sˌtant͡s]

/[ɡəˈzɛlʃaft͡sˌtant͡s]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gesellschaftstanz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tanz, der „in Gesellschaft“, das heißt entweder privat bei Feiern oder bei entsprechenden öffentlichen Tanzveranstaltungen, wie sogenannten Tanztees oder Bällen, in der Regel von Paaren, getanzt wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-gesellschaftstanz · Gesellschaftstanz · German

Gesellschaftstanz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for Gesellschaftstanz
PropertyValue
HeadwordGesellschaftstanz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈzɛlʃaft͡sˌtant͡s]
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Gesellschaftstanz” sits in German frequency

Gesellschaftstanz falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gesellschaftstanz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈzɛlʃaft͡sˌtant͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tanz, der „in Gesellschaft“, das heißt entweder privat bei Feiern oder bei entsprechenden öffentlichen Tanzveranstaltungen, wie sogenannten Tanztees oder Bällen, in der Regel von Paaren, getanzt wird".

Gesellschaftstanz doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gesellschaftstanz, spelled G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T-S-T-A-N-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tanz, der „in Gesellschaft“, das heißt entweder privat bei Feiern oder bei entsprechenden öffentlichen Tanzveranstaltungen, wie sogenannten Tanztees oder Bällen, in der Regel von Paaren, getanzt wird

Antonyms

VolkstanzBühnentanz

This word in other languages

danse de salon(Français)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gesellschaftstanz"?
"Gesellschaftstanz" is spelled G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T-S-T-A-N-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈzɛlʃaft͡sˌtant͡s].
What does "Gesellschaftstanz" mean?
As a noun, "Gesellschaftstanz" means: Tanz, der „in Gesellschaft“, das heißt entweder privat bei Feiern oder bei entsprechenden öffentlichen Tanzveranstaltungen, wie sogenannten Tanztees oder Bällen, in der Regel von Paaren, getanzt wird
How do you pronounce "Gesellschaftstanz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gesellschaftstanz" is [ɡəˈzɛlʃaft͡sˌtant͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gesellschaftstanz" come from?
"Gesellschaftstanz" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list