| Kommanditgesellschaft | limited partnership |
| Kollektivgesellschaft | general partnership |
| Holding-Gesellschaft | holding company |
| Erdölgesellschaft | oil company |
| Muttergesellschaft | parent company |
| Obergesellschaft | parent company |
| Personengesellschaft | partnership |
| Tochtergesellschaft | affiliate |
| Verlagsgesellschaft | publishing house |
| Zivilgesellschaft | civil society |
| Ölgesellschaft | oil company |
| Agrargesellschaft | agrarian society agricultural society |
| Aktiengesellschaft | corporation public limited company |
| Dachgesellschaft | holding company |
| Filmgesellschaft | film company |
| Geheimgesellschaft | secret society |
| Mehrheitsgesellschaft | mainstream society majority society |
| Parallelgesellschaft | parallel society |
| Humanwissenschaft | human science |
| Mineralölgesellschaft | oil company |