Translation

1. company (presence of other people in general) feminine

   Ich habe Gesellschaft.

   I have company. / I'm not alone.

2. company (group of people) feminine

   Da kam eine Gesellschaft.

   There came a group of people.

3. society, the public (abstract concept of an organised social group or a local population in general) feminine

   Die Gesellschaft besteht nicht aus Individuen, sondern drückt die Summe der Beziehungen, Verhältnisse aus, worin diese Individuen zueinander stehn.

   Society does not consist of individuals, but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand.

   1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 253

   How do you imagine a society without state and authorities?

   In einer Gesellschaft in der man bunte Uhren trägt / In einer Gesellschaft wie dieser bin ich nur im Weg

   In a society where one wears coloured watches, I only stand in the way.

4. society (organised group of people with common interests) feminine

   Die Goethe-Gesellschaft lädt zur Lesung.

   The Goethe Society invites you to a reading.

5. company, corporation (collection of people and assets with a legal identity, which may or may not be separate from that of its members) feminine

Declension