Plural of gestalt
regular plural
The plural of gestalt is gestalts or gestalten.
Forms of gestalt
| Singular | gestalt /ɡəˈʃtælt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | gestalts gestalten |
| Countable | countable |
Gestalts and gestalten in a sentence
- Structuring our experience in terms of such multidimensional gestalts is what makes our experience coherent.1980, George Lakoff, Mark Johnson, chapter 15, in Metaphors We Live By
- So different were our appearances and approaches and general gestalts that we had something of an epic rivalry from '74 through '77.1998, David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, 1st Back Bay edition, Boston: Little, Brown and Co.
Meaning of gestalt
- noun A collection of physical, biological, psychological or symbolic elements that creates a whole, unified concept or pattern which is other than the sum of its parts due to the relationships between the parts (of a character, personality, entity, or being). [simplified] An organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts.
Questions about the plural of gestalt
- What is the plural of gestalt?
- The plural of gestalt is gestalts or gestalten.
- Which is correct, gestalts or gestalten?
- Both are used. gestalten is the more common of the two in English writing.
- Is gestalt countable?
- Gestalt is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: gestalt (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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