Gesellschaft
English
/ɡəˈzɛlʃaft/
noun
Definitions
- (sociology) a hypothetical mode of society, made up of self-serving individuals linked by impersonal ties; as opposed to Gemeinschaft
Etymology
Borrowed from German Gesellschaft (company, society), Geselle (fellow).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Geselle
Gloss
fellow
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gemeinschaft English
- Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft German
- Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän German
- Ellenbogengesellschaft German
- Geheimgesellschaft German
- Geselle German
- Gesellschaft German
- Gesellschafter German
- Kommanditgesellschaft German
- Parallelgesellschaft German
- Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaft German
- Verlagsgesellschaft German
- Versicherungsgesellschaft German
- Wegwerfgesellschaft German
- gemein German
- gesellig German
- gesellschaftlich German
- gesellschaftskritisch German
- ゲゼルシャフト Japanese
- selskab Danish
- geselle Middle High German
- gesellescaft Middle High German