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Bruno trägt seine Kisten in die neue Wohngemeinschaft. Bruno carries his boxes into the new shared flat.

noun · B1

die Wohngemeinschaft

[ˈvoːnɡəˌmaɪ̯nʃaft]

shared flat, flat share

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Other Examples

  • In unserer Wohngemeinschaft kocht jeden Abend jemand anderes.

    In our shared flat, someone different cooks every evening.

  • Hast du schon mal in einer Wohngemeinschaft gewohnt?

    Have you ever lived in a shared flat?

  • Als junge Studentin lebte Frau Hilde in einer Wohngemeinschaft mit fünf Frauen.

    As a young student, Frau Hilde lived in a shared flat with five women.

Grammar

Plural
die Wohngemeinschaften In the plural the article is always "die".

Nouns ending in -schaft are usually feminine: die Wohngemeinschaft. Der, Die or Das? The Rules

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? die Wohngemeinschaft die Wohngemeinschaften
Accusative wen? was? die Wohngemeinschaft die Wohngemeinschaften
Lotte sucht für ihre Wohngemeinschaft eine neue Mitbewohnerin. Lotte is looking for a new flatmate for her shared flat.
Dative wem? der Wohngemeinschaft den Wohngemeinschaften
Genitive wessen? der Wohngemeinschaft der Wohngemeinschaften

How the Word Is Built

Wohn root ge prefix mein root schaft suffix

ge-
in nouns, often a group or a result: das Gebäude (building), das Geschenk (gift); in verbs, the past participle: gekauft.
-schaft
a group or a state, always feminine: die Freundschaft (friendship).

A compound: Wohnge + die Meinschaft

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

In Otti's situations: Bruno moves into a shared flat

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