🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Gemeinde

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɡəˈmaɪndə

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Commonalty/ˈkɒm.ən.əl.ti/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Gemeinde forderte mehr Mitbestimmungsrecht."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The common people; the general body of commoners or citizens, especially in a state or kingdom.

    "The laws were enacted to protect the rights and privileges of the commonalty against the aristocracy."
  2. 2

    The state or quality of being common or shared; commonness.

    "There is a striking commonalty in their approaches to solving the complex economic crisis."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English, originating from Anglo-Norman 'communalte' and Old French 'communauté', based on Latin 'communitas'. Historically, it evolved to refer to the common people or the general body of citizens as distinct from the nobility or privileged classes.

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