German noun, feminine · CEFR B1

die Gesellschaft

Meaning in English: society; company

Rank 434 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B1
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Example

Alte Menschen sind wichtig für unsere Gesellschaft.

Old people are important to our society.

Der, die or das?

Gesellschaft is feminine: die Gesellschaft. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -schaft are die in 19 of 19 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Gesellschaft?

Gesellschaft is number 434 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 201 times per million words — about once every 5,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 57% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 430wirklichreally, truly
  2. 431trotzdespite, in spite of
  3. 432das Haushouse; building
  4. 433meistenmost
  5. 434die Gesellschaftsociety; company
  6. 435jedeevery, each (feminine)
  7. 436beideboth
  8. 437der JuliJuly
  9. 438die Bildungeducation; formation

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