# die Gütergemeinschaft

die Gütergemeinschaft is a German noun meaning “public ownership”. Forms: der Gütergemeinschaft, die Gütergemeinschaften.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Gütergemeinschaft
- Plural: die Gütergemeinschaften

## In other languages

- Русский: юр. имущественная общность

## Meanings

1. public ownership
   - 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 255 — We 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

- Sie leben in einer Gütergemeinschaft. — They live in a commune.

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