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Hausgemeinschaft

house community, all residents of a building

noun HOWS-ge-mine-shahft Rare
People & Society Community

Usage Note

Hausgemeinschaft refers to the collective of all residents in an apartment building. They share common areas and responsibilities — stairwell cleaning, recycling — and may hold regular meetings (Haustreffen).

Examples

"Die Hausgemeinschaft beschloss, den Innenhof gemeinsam zu bepflanzen."

Natural Translation

The house community decided to plant up the courtyard together.

Literal Translation

The house-community decided the inner-yard together to plant.

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