Volksgemeinschaft

German

Etymology

Volk +‎ -s- +‎ Gemeinschaft, from the 19th century.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Volksgemeinschaft f (genitive Volksgemeinschaft, plural Volksgemeinschaften)

  1. "people's community"; an idealized society without class barriers or class conflict. In Nazi Germany, membership was defined in racial terms.

Declension

Declension of Volksgemeinschaft [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Volksgemeinschaft die Volksgemeinschaften
genitive einer der Volksgemeinschaft der Volksgemeinschaften
dative einer der Volksgemeinschaft den Volksgemeinschaften
accusative eine die Volksgemeinschaft die Volksgemeinschaften

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