English translation of 'Geschichte'
feminine noun Word forms: Geschichte genitive , Geschichten plural
1. no plural (= Historie) history
Geschichte des Altertums/der Neuzeit, Alte/Neue Geschichte ancient/modern history
die Geschichte Spaniens/der Menschheit the history of Spain/humankind
Geschichte machen to make history
das ist längst Geschichte that’s past history
2. (= Erzählung, Lügengeschichte) story; (= Märchen, Fabel etc) tale, story; (= Kurzgeschichte) short story
das sind alles bloß Geschichten that’s all just made up, that’s just a story
Geschichten erzählen to tell stories
3. (inf: = Angelegenheit, Sache) affair, business no pl
das sind alte Geschichten that’s old hat (inf)
das ist (wieder) die alte Geschichte it’s the same old or the old old story (all over again)
alte Geschichten wieder aufwärmen to rake up the past
die ganze Geschichte the whole business
eine schöne Geschichte! (iro) a fine how-do-you-do! (inf)
das sind ja nette Geschichten! (iro) this is a fine thing
die Geschichte mit seinem Magen the trouble or business with his stomach
als er damals diese Geschichte mit der Tänzerin hatte when he was having that affair with the dancer
mach keine Geschichten! don’t be silly! (inf); (= Dummheiten) don’t do anything silly!
DeclensionGeschichte is a feminine noun. Remember that, in German, both the spelling of the word and the article preceding the word can change depending on whether it is in the nominative, accusative, genitive, or dative case. For further information, see Collins Easy Learning German Grammar.CaseFeminine SingularFeminine PluralNominativedie Geschichtedie GeschichtenAccusativedie Geschichtedie GeschichtenGenitiveder Geschichteder GeschichtenDativeder Geschichteden Geschichten
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Aber auch keiner zu klein ") mit Ermittlungen aller Art beauftragt, gewinnt die Geschichte an Fahrt.
Arm und krank, reich und schön, schwarz und weiß - eine schöne Geschichte.
Bienzle kannte Drehers persönliche Geschichte von jenem Rechtsanwalt Breitmannsberger, der mit Dreher studiert hatte.
Die Geschichte vom fliegenden Simon soll so wohl auf eine höhere Bedeutungsebene gestemmt werden.
Ein Spielfilm, der diese Geschichte rekapitulieren will, kann wenig bieten, was sportlicher Schaulust entgegenkommt oder das Herz erhebt.
Ich gab Sara das Buch mit der Geschichte von Mrs. Potter und nahm meinen Notizblock und einen Filzschreiber aus der Tasche.
Mit seiner Verurteilung ist die Geschichte für die Massenmedien erledigt, auch für jenes Medium, für das er gearbeitet hat.
und somit nicht sie selbst, sondern stets der Zweitälteste die Geschichte stellvertretend erzählen muß.
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Geschichte
British English: history
/ˈhɪstrɪ/ NOUN
You can refer to the events of the past as history. You can also refer to the past events which concern a particular topic or place as its history.
He later studied history at university.
- American English: history /ˈhɪstəri, -tri/
- Arabic: تَارِيخ
- Brazilian Portuguese: história
- Chinese: 历史
- Croatian: povijest
- Czech: historie
- Danish: historie fortid
- Dutch: geschiedenis
- European Spanish: historia
- Finnish: historia
- French: histoire
- German: Geschichte Vergangenheit
- Greek: ιστορία
- Italian: storia
- Japanese: 歴史
- Korean: 역사 연대기
- Norwegian: historie
- Polish: historia
- European Portuguese: História
- Romanian: istorie
- Russian: история
- Latin American Spanish: historia
- Swedish: historia
- Thai: ประวัติศาสตร์
- Turkish: tarih geçmiş, ders
- Ukrainian: історія
- Vietnamese: lịch sử
British English: story
/ˈstɔːrɪ/ NOUN
A story is a description of imaginary people and events, which is written or told in order to entertain.
I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits.
- American English: story /ˈstɔri/
- Arabic: قِصَّة
- Brazilian Portuguese: história
- Chinese: 故事
- Croatian: priča
- Czech: příběh
- Danish: historie fortælling
- Dutch: verhaal
- European Spanish: relato
- Finnish: tarina
- French: histoire
- German: Geschichte
- Greek: ιστορία
- Italian: storia
- Japanese: 物語
- Korean: 이야기
- Norwegian: historie
- Polish: historyjka
- European Portuguese: história
- Romanian: poveste
- Russian: рассказ
- Latin American Spanish: relato
- Swedish: historia
- Thai: เรื่องราว
- Turkish: öykü
- Ukrainian: історія
- Vietnamese: câu chuyện
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