Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. An association or group of individuals sharing common beliefs, attitudes, and tastes; a fellowship.
- n. sociology A society or group characterized by a strong sense of common identity, personal relationships, and attachments to various concerns.
Etymologies
- From German Gemeinschaft ("community"), equivalent to gemein (“common”) + -schaft (“-ship”). More at mean, -ship. Compare to English gesellschaft (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Ye jolly olde gemeinschaft, just how things used to be, before the rot.”
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...
“If The West Wing (also a John Wells-executive produced series like ER) was the fantasy of the workplace as perfect gemeinschaft full of Algonquin roundtable-ready wits and Nobel-level brains, and The Office is Studs Terkel's Working re-imagined as a comedy, ER is the only show that captures the fluid nature of office politics, the way today's annoyingly ambitious intern can become tomorrow's wizened elder statesman.”
10.4 Million 'ER' Fans Can't Be Wrong: A Longtime Fan's Notes on a Beloved Show
“KÄHLER, L.A. -- Supranaturalismus und Rationalismus in ihrem gemeinschaft.”
History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology
“For further information see: www. leibniz-gemeinschaft.de.”
“Were she in class, teaching, Mariah would tell her students about societal façade, a community’s longing for gemeinschaft, a concept defined in the early 1900s by the German sociologist Ferdinand Tonnies.”
“Deutsche Forschungs-gemeinschaft Grants Ma 1289 / 4-1, SFB 796, and SFB 473, and Endeavor Europe Awards, Australia (to S. R.).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gemeinschaft’.
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Collected Words - List 2
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250 Spelling Words
A selected sampling of words for intermediate and advanced spellers.
orecchiette, rhabdomancy, guayabera, orthoepy, opisthenar, maguey, proem, ciabatta, cioppino, banns, concinnity, asthenia and 237 more...
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Tricky Words from German
Loanwords from German -- some established, some wet behind the ears -- that are difficult to spell, pronounce, or remember.
Torschlusspanik, Fräulein, weltanschauung, Weltschmerz, sprachgefühl, schadenfreude, katzenjammer, Radfahrer, gemütlich, zeitgeist, gesellschaft, gemeinschaft and 48 more...
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words from the German
kindergarten, sturm und drang, schadenfreude, zeppelin, blitzkreig, blitz, krieg, panzer, angst, nazi, zeitgeist, doppelganger and 107 more...
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Papageno's Words, Pt. I
hobbledehoy, absquatulate, chthonic, prolix, ululate, internecine, verisimilitude, animadversion, concupiscence, vertiginous, cucullate, lucubrate and 1554 more...
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Words from German
Germanic loans to English
ersatz, schadenfreude, Weltschmerz, doppelgänger, gemeinschaft, Sturm und Drang, lumpenproletariat, rathskeller, Übermensch, verboten, wunderkind, putsch and 5 more...
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