Gütergemeinschaft
German, noun/ˈɡyːtɐɡəˌmaɪ̯nʃaft/
Gütergemeinschaft is spelled G-Ü-T-E-R-G-E-M-E-I-N-S-C-H-A-F-T (17 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 110,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gütergemeinschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “public ownership” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vertraglich vereinbarter Güterstand zwischen Eheleuten, bei dem das Vermögen der Ehegatten in ein gemeinsames…”.
What does Gütergemeinschaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepublic ownership
- 2
feminineuniversal community of property
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vertraglich vereinbarter Güterstand zwischen Eheleuten, bei dem das Vermögen der Ehegatten in ein gemeinsames Gesamtgut überführt werden
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 Gütergemeinschaft
- Gütergemeinschaften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gütergemeinschaft?
- /ˈɡyːtɐɡəˌmaɪ̯nʃaft/
- [ˈɡyːtɐɡəˌmaɪ̯nʃaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gütergemeinschaft in German?
Gütergemeinschaft appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).