Pronounced: rih-PINE, verb
Notes: I think I’ve only run across this word in a song
Yesterday’s word
The word gemeinschaft is “social relationships based on personal ties, affection, kinship, etc”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1930s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the German word Gemeinschaft (community), which is made up of gemein (common) and schaft (-ship). There is a word that is a counterpart: “Gesellschaft”, which is a social relationship marked by impersonal ties, such as duty to a society or organization.
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