Wegwerfgesellschaft
German, noun/ˈvɛkvɛʁfɡəˌzɛlʃaft/
Wegwerfgesellschaft is spelled W-E-G-W-E-R-F-G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T (19 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wegwerfgesellschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “throw-away society” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesellschaft, in der gebrauchte Dinge schnell weggeworfen werden, statt sie für eine weitere Verwendung zu…”.
What does Wegwerfgesellschaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethrow-away society
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 gebrauchte Dinge schnell weggeworfen werden, statt sie für eine weitere Verwendung zu reinigen, zu reparieren etc.
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 Wegwerfgesellschaft
- Wegwerfgesellschaften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wegwerfgesellschaft?
- /ˈvɛkvɛʁfɡəˌzɛlʃaft/
- [ˈvɛkvɛʁfɡəˌzɛlʃaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wegwerfgesellschaft in German?
Wegwerfgesellschaft appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).