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volunteering

work undertaken freely by individuals as a service to others
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Summary

volunteering ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,355 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: voluntary action[2], voluntarism[3], unpaid work[4]
  • Commons category: Volunteering[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Volunteering[6]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition[8]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C171228[9]
  • Different from: voluntarism[10]
  • Practiced by: volunteer[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]

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Influence

Things named for volunteering include KölnEngagiert[13], an award[14], in Germany[15].

Why It Matters

volunteering has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] volunteering is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Entities named for volunteering include KölnEngagiert[13], an award[14], in Germany[15].

Related Entities

Irena Molinari Prison Archive

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition"
  2. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → voluntarism
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: voluntarism"
  3. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005348-dobrovolnictvi
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0005348-dobrovolnictvi, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  4. 23w ago · Jeuwre · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → De-Ehrenamt2.ogg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: De-Ehrenamt2.ogg"
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