Definition
A spoken or written account of events that are connected with one another.
Translations
- English
- narrative
- Français
- récit
- Türkçe
- anlatı
- Polski
- opowiadanie
- Русский
- рассказ
- Українська
- розповідь
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Erzählung
- B1
- Noun
- Communication
- Leisure & Hobbies
narrative
/diː ɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːlʊŋ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Erzählungen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Topics
- CommunicationPrimaryLeisure & Hobbies
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Erzählung handelt von einer Reise durch Europa.NominativSing.The story is about a journey through Europe.
- Seine Erzählung über den Unfall war sehr genau.AkkusativSing.His account of the accident was very precise.
- Mit der Erzählung fesselte sie das Publikum.DativSing.She captivated the audience with her storytelling.
- Der Anfang der Erzählung war besonders spannend.GenitivSing.The beginning of the story was particularly exciting.
- Die Erzählungen der Autorin wurden vielfach gelesen.NominativPlur.The author’s stories were widely read.
- Die Kinder hörten mehrere Erzählungen am Abend.AkkusativPlur.The children listened to several stories in the evening.
- Die Zuhörer folgten den Erzählungen aufmerksam.DativPlur.The listeners followed the stories attentively.
- Die Enden der Erzählungen waren überraschend.GenitivPlur.The endings of the stories were surprising.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Erzählung/ɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːlʊŋ/
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Article phrase
die Erzählung/diː ɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːlʊŋ/
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Plural
Erzählungen/ɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːlʊŋən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Erzählung | die Erzählungen |
| Akkusativ | die Erzählung | die Erzählungen |
| Dativ | der Erzählung | den Erzählungen |
| Genitiv | der Erzählung | der Erzählungen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Erzählung schreiben
- Adjective combinationeine spannende Erzählung
- Verb constructioneine Erzählung erzählen + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionin der Erzählungin + Dativ
- Sentence patternDie Erzählung beginnt mit einem Rückblick.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymGeschichte — story
- Related termBeschreibung — description
Erzählung and Beschreibung are different forms of linguistic representation within a text.
- Related termBericht — report
A Bericht usually presents information or events objectively, whereas a Erzählung tells them in a more coherent and creative way.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Word family
- erzählen
- Erzähler
- erzählerisch