Meanings

  1. public ownership

    1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 255We understand by communism the relationship of society that is based on public ownership, that allows everyone to work according to his capabilities, everyone to consume according to his needs.

  2. universal community of property

Examples

GermanEnglish
Sie leben in einer Gütergemeinschaft.They live in a commune.