gestalt
noun
a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole.
gestalten
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pluralof gestalt.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The asceticism with which he regarded life in general is expressed in a letter to Emilie Reinbeck, 1843, in which he says: "Wer die Welt gestalten helfen will, muss darauf verzichten, sie zu geniessen."
From Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry by Wilhelm Alfred Braun
