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. Cognate with Vilamovian gyśicht. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈʃɪçtə/ Rhymes: -ɪçtə Hyphenation: Ge‧schich‧te === Noun === Geschichte f (genitive Geschichte, plural Geschichten, diminutive Geschichtchen n) (uncountable) history Synonym: Historie (formal) Geschichte schreiben ― to make history in die Geschichte eingehen ― to go down in history (countable) story eine Geschichte schreiben ― to write a story jemandem eine Geschichte erzählen ― to tell someone a story ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== geschichtlich Geschichtling ==== Related terms ==== geschehen ==== Descendants ==== → Luxembourgish: Geschicht → Silesian: gyszichta ==== See also ==== Erzählung Legende Märchen Sage Historie === Further reading === “Geschichte” in Duden online “Geschichte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Geschichte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Geschichte” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.