In the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Nihar Janga's winning word was gesellschaft, which means "a rationally developed mechanistic type of social relationship characterized by impersonally contracted associations between persons."
But that's not the type of relationship Nihar developed when he visited Dr. David Langer, Chairman of the Dept. of Neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital, after his big win.
"I think it's more of a friendly and emotional relationship than a gesellschaft," Nihar said.