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gesellschaft
[ German guh-zel-shahft ]
noun
, (often initial capital letter)
, plural ge·sell·schaf·ten [g, uh, -, zel, -shahf-t, uh, n].
- an association of individuals for common goals, as for entertainment, intellectual, or cultural purposes or for business reasons.
- Sociology. a society or group characterized chiefly by formal organization, impersonal relations, the absence of generally held or binding norms, and a detachment from traditional and sentimental concerns, and often tending to be rationalistic and secular in outlook.
gesellschaft
/ ɡəˈzɛlʃaft /
noun
- often capital a social group held together by practical concerns, formal and impersonal relationships, etc Compare gemeinschaft
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gesellschaft1
1935–40; < German, equivalent to Geselle companion + -schaft -ship
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gesellschaft1
German, literally: society
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Example Sentences
Another society of note was the still existing and flourishing Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde.
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Gesellschaft (Berlin, 1906) and Religionsgeschichtlicher u. gesch.
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Schindler somewhere censures the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde for its long delay in making Beethoven an honorary member.
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So Pohl, who wrote a history of the Gesellschaft, informed Thayer in a note.
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The autograph is preserved by the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna.
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