Geschichte

German

Etymology

From Middle High German geschicht(e) (“event, struggle, story, history”), from Old High German gisciht, from the verb Proto-Germanic *skehaną, whence German geschehen. Unrelated to Schicht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈʃɪçtə/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪçtə
  • Hyphenation: Ge‧schich‧te

Noun

Geschichte f (genitive Geschichte, plural Geschichten, diminutive Geschichtchen n)

  1. (uncountable) history
    Synonym: Historie (formal)
    Geschichte schreiben ― to make history
    in die Geschichte eingehen ― to go down in history
  2. (countable) story
    eine Geschichte schreiben ― to write a story
    jemandem eine Geschichte erzählen ― to tell someone a story

Declension

Derived terms

history
story

Descendants

  • → Luxembourgish: Geschicht
  • → Silesian: gyszichta

See also

Further reading

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