Polyglot Dictionary

Geschichte

/ɡəˈʃɪçtə/

die noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Geschichten

Meaning

  1. story

    • Er erzählte den Kindern eine Geschichte.

      He told the children a story.

  2. history

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Chronik

Chronik is a formal chronicle, a record of events in order; Geschichte is the everyday word for a story (or history in general).

Similar in other languages

Spanish

cuento

cuento is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "story."

Spanish

relato

relato is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "story."

Practice

1 What does Geschichte mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er erzählte den Kindern eine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Geschichte?

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