Geschichte

Definitions of Geschichte
  1. noun
    the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
    synonyms: Entwicklungsgeschichte
  2. noun
    matters of personal concern
  3. noun
    the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
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    Geisteswissenschaft
    studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
  4. noun
    the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
    synonyms: Story
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    Erzählung, sprachliche Wiedergabe
    the act of informing by verbal report
  5. noun
    the act of informing by verbal report
    synonyms: Erzählung, sprachliche Wiedergabe
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    Anekdote
    short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
    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
  6. noun
    the time that has elapsed
    synonyms: Historie, Vergangenheit
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    antonyms:
    Vorzeitigkeit, Zukunft
    the time yet to come
    types:
    Zeitgeschichte
    the aggregate of past events
    type of:
    Zeitablauf, Zeitlauf, Zeitläufte
    the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
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