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Geschichte.

history

10 characters3 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡəˈʃɪçtə/Germany/ɡ̊eˈʃɪçtɛ/Austria, Southern-Germany

  1. history

    feminine · uncountable
    Geschichte schreiben
    in die Geschichte eingehen

  2. story

    countable · feminine
    eine Geschichte schreiben
    jemandem eine Geschichte erzählen
Where this word comes from

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 Bavarian Gschicht and Vilamovian gyśicht.

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