Schicksal

German Alternative forms de Schiksaal obsolete Etymology 17th century, from de schicken -sal, after now archaic de nl schiksel (16). Pronunciation de /ˈʃɪk.zaːl/ /-zal/ /-saːl/ /-sal/ de De-Schicksal.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun n,s:es,e:^er[chiefly informal] de uncountable destiny, fate irresistible power that predetermines events de countable someone's destiny, fate de countable life story; the general conditions and main developments of a person's life; more often than in English used without any notion of predetermination de Lebensweg Lebensschicksal de Das Buch beschreibt die Schicksale von zehn Frauen aus verschiedenen Gesellschaftsschichten im frühen 20. Jahrhundert. The book portrays the life stories of ten women from different social classes in the early 20th century. Usage notes The normal plural is Schicksale. The form Schicksäler is more informal and sometimes slightly deprecative, e.g. expressing the notion that people exaggerate the bitterness of their fates. However, it is also attestable as an entirely neutral variant. Declension n,s:es,e:^er[chiefly informal] Derived terms de schicksalhaft de schicksalsergeben de Schicksalsgemeinschaft de Schicksalsschlag Further reading de