Geschicht

East Central German Noun gmw-ecg noun f gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch history gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch story Further reading Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 172 gmw-ecg History Narratology Fiction Low German Noun f Geschichten nds uncountable history story Luxembourgish Etymology Ultimately from lb gmh geschihte. The expected form is lb *Geschiicht; that with a short vowel must have been borrowed from or at least influenced by lb de Geschichte. The same is also true of the uncountable sense “history”. However, the dated word lb Geschiichtemes rumour, foreboding, spectre is inherited (and formally comparable with de Geschehnis, nl geschiedenis). Pronunciation lb [ɡəˈʃiɕt] Noun f Geschichtchen Geschichtelchen lb uncountable history that which happened in the past, especially insofar as it is relevant for later times the science thereof lb countable story a tale, an account, something that is narrated an event, incident, circumstance, especially a negative one lb dated euphemistic genitals, sexual organs lb dated pejorative a woman Related terms lb geschéien Geschiichtemes Further reading