Category: SocietyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

Gesellschaft

/gesellschaft/Roman

English meaning: Society

Definition

An organized community sharing laws and culture. German society is rapidly changing — immigration (Germany hosts 4 million Turks and is now a multicultural society), demographic aging, digitalization, and green energy transition are reshaping German social structures. The integration debate mirrors challenges in India's diverse federal society.

Example

Die deutsche Gesellschaft ist zunehmend multikulturell und vielfältig.

In English: German society is increasingly multicultural and diverse.

Literary Heritage

Unglücklich das Land, das keine Helden hat! Nein. Unglücklich das Land, das Helden nötig hat.

Unhappy the land that has no heroes! No. Unhappy the land that needs heroes.

Bertolt Brecht · Playwright · 20th century

Leben des Galilei

Brecht, Life of Galileo (Leben des Galilei, 1943), Scene 13

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