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German
Etymology
Seil (“rope”) + -schaft
Pronunciation
Noun
Seilschaft f (genitive Seilschaft, plural Seilschaften)
- (climbing) rope team
- (figurative, often in the plural) coterie, clique, network
- Synonyms: Klüngel, Koterie, Clique, Netzwerk
2020 July 11, Livia Gerster, “Zu wenig Frauen: Die CDU braucht die Quote”, in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, →ISSN:Viele Frauen scheitern schon im Ortsverein. Seilschaften lassen sich eben nicht so gut knüpfen, während man die Kinder ins Bett bringt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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