Wohlstandsgesellschaft
German, noun[ˈvoːlʃtant͡sɡəˌzɛlʃaft]
Wohlstandsgesellschaft is spelled W-O-H-L-S-T-A-N-D-S-G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T (22 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 111,951st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wohlstandsgesellschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “affluent society, prosperous society (a society characterized by widespread material wealth and high living standards for a large part of…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesellschaft, deren Mitglieder einen hohen Lebensstandard haben”.
What does Wohlstandsgesellschaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaffluent society, prosperous society (a society characterized by widespread material wealth and high living standards for a large part of the population)
Die soziale Marktwirtschaft war der Grundstein für die deutsche Wohlstandsgesellschaft.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesellschaft, deren Mitglieder einen hohen Lebensstandard haben
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 Wohlstandsgesellschaft
- Wohlstandsgesellschaften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wohlstandsgesellschaft?
- [ˈvoːlʃtant͡sɡəˌzɛlʃaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wohlstandsgesellschaft in German?
Wohlstandsgesellschaft 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).