Informationsgesellschaft

German

Etymology

Information (“information”) +‎ -s- (“genitival interfix”) +‎ Gesellschaft (“society”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːnsɡəˌzɛlʃaft]
  • Hyphenation: In‧for‧ma‧ti‧ons‧sek‧tor

Noun

Informationsgesellschaft f (genitive Informationsgesellschaft, plural Informationsgesellschaften)

  1. (sociology, economics) information society (a society where the creation, distribution, and manipulation of information is the most significant economic and cultural activity)
    In der modernen Informationsgesellschaft ist der Zugang zum Breitbandinternet ein Grundbedürfnis.
    In the modern information society, access to broadband internet is a basic need.

Declension

Declension of Informationsgesellschaft [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Informationsgesellschaft die Informationsgesellschaften
genitive einer der Informationsgesellschaft der Informationsgesellschaften
dative einer der Informationsgesellschaft den Informationsgesellschaften
accusative eine die Informationsgesellschaft die Informationsgesellschaften

Synonyms

  • Wissensgesellschaft (knowledge society; focuses more on the application of info)
  • postindustrielle Gesellschaft (post-industrial society)
  • Netzwerkgesellschaft (network society)

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