Geschichte

German

Etymology

From Middle High German geschicht(e) (event, struggle, story, history) (compare also the causative counterpart schicken, whence French chic, schick); from Old High German gisciht, from Proto-Germanic *skehaną, whence also Old English sċēon and Dutch geschiedenis.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. (uncountable) history
  2. story

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