Geschicht

East Central German

Noun

Geschicht f

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) history
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) story

Further reading

  • Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 172

Low German

Noun

Geschicht f (plural Geschichten)

  1. (uncountable) history
  2. story

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle High German geschihte. The expected form is *Geschiicht; that with a short vowel must have been borrowed from or at least influenced by German Geschichte. The same is also true of the uncountable sense “history”. However, the dated word Geschiichtemes (“rumour, foreboding, spectre”) is inherited (and formally comparable with German Geschehnis, Dutch geschiedenis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡəˈʃiɕt]

Noun

Geschicht f (plural Geschichten, diminutive Geschichtchen or Geschichtelchen)

  1. (uncountable) history
    1. that which happened in the past, especially insofar as it is relevant for later times
    2. the science thereof
  2. (countable) story
    1. a tale, an account, something that is narrated
    2. an event, incident, circumstance, especially a negative one
    3. (dated, euphemistic) genitals, sexual organs
    4. (dated, derogatory) a woman
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