Gesellschaftsvertrag
German, noun[ɡəˈzɛlʃaft͡sfɛɐ̯ˌtʁaːk]
Gesellschaftsvertrag is spelled G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T-S-V-E-R-T-R-A-G (20 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 57,755th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gesellschaftsvertrag is a German masculine noun meaning “social contract” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “freiwillige Übereinkunft, durch die der Wille des Einzelnen dem der Mehrheit untergeordnet wird”.
What does Gesellschaftsvertrag mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesocial contract
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. freiwillige Übereinkunft, durch die der Wille des Einzelnen dem der Mehrheit untergeordnet wird. 2. Vertrag einer Gesellschaft des bürgerlichen Rechts
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 Gesellschaftsvertrag
- Gesellschaftsvertrages genitive
- Gesellschaftsvertrags genitive
- Gesellschaftsverträge plural
- Gesellschaftsvertrage dative singular
- Gesellschaftsverträgen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gesellschaftsvertrag?
- [ɡəˈzɛlʃaft͡sfɛɐ̯ˌtʁaːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gesellschaftsvertrag in German?
Gesellschaftsvertrag appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).