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Leistungsgesellschaft

German, noun/ˈlaɪ̯stʊŋsɡəˌzɛlʃaft/

Leistungsgesellschaft is spelled L-E-I-S-T-U-N-G-S-G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T (21 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 71,199th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leistungsgesellschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “meritocracy (type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesellschaft, in der Verteilung des Einkommens wie des sozialen Ansehens und der Macht allein entsprechend…”.

What does Leistungsgesellschaft mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemeritocracy (type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Gesellschaft, in der Verteilung des Einkommens wie des sozialen Ansehens und der Macht allein entsprechend der Leistung erfolgt, die der Einzelne erreicht 2. eine Gesellschaft, die in (zu) hohem Maße Leistungsfähigkeit und -bereitschaft vom Einzelnen fordert, wobei weniger oder nur durchschnittlich leistungsstarke Menschen kaum soziale Anerkennung erhalten

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 Leistungsgesellschaft

  • Leistungsgesellschaften plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Leistungsgesellschaft?

  • /ˈlaɪ̯stʊŋsɡəˌzɛlʃaft/
  • [ˈlaɪ̯stʊŋsɡəˌzɛlʃaft]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Leistungsgesellschaft

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Leistungsgesellschaft in German?

Leistungsgesellschaft 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).

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