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Gesellschaft

/ɡəˈzɛlʃaft/

Gesellschaft noun: a hypothetical mode of society, made up of self-serving individuals linked by impersonal ties; as opposed to Gemeinschaft.

Noun

Gesellschaft (plural Gesellschaften or Gesellschafts)

  1. A hypothetical mode of society, made up of self-serving individuals linked by impersonal ties; as opposed to Gemeinschaft.
    • Seven years later, Hernández wrote a Return of Martín Fierro in which the Gaucho sells out: assimilates back into Christian society, gives up his freedom for the kind of constitutional Gesellschaft being pushed in those days by Buenos Aires.1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

Gesellschaft meaning in Bengali

Gesellschaft in Bengali

একটি কাল্পনিক সমাজ ব্যবস্থা

Forms of Gesellschaft

pluralGesellschaften
pluralGesellschafts
alternative formgesellschaft

Origin of Gesellschaft

Borrowed from German Gesellschaft, from Geselle + -schaft. Compare to English gemeinschaft.

Questions about Gesellschaft

What does Gesellschaft mean?
Gesellschaft means a hypothetical mode of society, made up of self-serving individuals linked by impersonal ties; as opposed to Gemeinschaft.
What is Gesellschaft in Bengali?
Gesellschaft in Bengali is একটি কাল্পনিক সমাজ ব্যবস্থা. See Gesellschaft meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Gesellschaft?
Gesellschaft is a noun.
How do you pronounce Gesellschaft?
Gesellschaft is pronounced /ɡəˈzɛlʃaft/.
What is the plural of Gesellschaft?
The plural of Gesellschaft is Gesellschaften.

Words near Gesellschaft in the dictionary

  1. gesamtkunstwerks
  2. Gesarling
  3. geschmozzle
  4. Geschwind syndrome
  5. Gesellian
  6. Gesellschaft
  7. Gesellschaften
  8. Gesellschafts
  9. geshe
  10. gesheft
  11. geshefts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Gesellschaft (page history and authors); Gesellschaft (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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