Gestaltungswille
German, noun[ɡəˈʃtaltʊŋsˌvɪlə]
Gestaltungswille is spelled G-E-S-T-A-L-T-U-N-G-S-W-I-L-L-E (16 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 205,761st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gestaltungswille is a German masculine noun meaning “creative drive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wille, etwas zu gestalten, zu formen”.
What does Gestaltungswille mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecreative drive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wille, etwas zu gestalten, zu formen
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 Gestaltungswille
- Gestaltungswillen genitive
- Gestaltungswillens genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gestaltungswille?
- [ɡəˈʃtaltʊŋsˌvɪlə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gestaltungswille in German?
Gestaltungswille appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).