Erzählung

Definitions of Erzählung
  1. noun
    the act of informing by verbal report
    synonyms: Geschichte, sprachliche Wiedergabe
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    Anekdote
    short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
    Geschichte, Story
    the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
    Klatsch, Tratsch
    a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
    Gerücht
    gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
  2. noun
    a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
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    Roman
    an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
    Novelle
    a short novel
    Legende, Mythos
    a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
    Short Story, Shortstory
    a prose narrative shorter than a novel
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    Literatur
    imaginative or creative writing
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