Vergangenheit

Definitions of Vergangenheit
  1. noun
    the time that has elapsed
    synonyms: Geschichte, Historie
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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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