Definition
The time and events that have already passed.
Translations
- English
- past
- Français
- passé
- Türkçe
- geçmiş
- Polski
- przeszłość
- Русский
- прошлое
- Українська
- минуле
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Vergangenheit
- A2
- Noun
- Time & Calendar
- Society & Public Life
past
/diː fɛɐ̯ˈɡaŋənhaɪ̯t/
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
- Vergangenheiten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Time & CalendarPrimarySociety & Public Life
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Vergangenheit lässt sich nicht ändern.NominativSing.The past cannot be changed.
- Sie spricht nur selten über ihre Vergangenheit.AkkusativSing.She rarely talks about her past.
- In der Vergangenheit war die Straße viel ruhiger.DativSing.In the past, the street was much quieter.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Vergangenheit/fɛɐ̯ˈɡaŋənhaɪ̯t/
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Article phrase
die Vergangenheit/diː fɛɐ̯ˈɡaŋənhaɪ̯t/
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Plural
Vergangenheiten/fɛɐ̯ˈɡaŋənhaɪ̯tən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Vergangenheit | die Vergangenheiten |
| Akkusativ | die Vergangenheit | die Vergangenheiten |
| Dativ | der Vergangenheit | den Vergangenheiten |
| Genitiv | der Vergangenheit | der Vergangenheiten |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationdie Vergangenheit vergessen
- Collocationdie Vergangenheit aufarbeiten
- Prepositional constructionüber die Vergangenheit sprechenüber + Akkusativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- AntonymZukunft — future
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- vergangenDerivational base
- -heitSuffix