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Detailed Translations for story from English to German

story:

story [the ~] noun

  1. the story (narration; tale; legend; myth)
    die Erzählung; die Geschichte; die Legende; die Überlieferung
  2. the story (excuse; sham)
    die Entschuldigung; die Ausflucht; die Ausrede
  3. the story (fib; fairytale; delusion; )
    – a trivial lie 1
    Märchen; die Fabel; die Geschichte; die Sage; die Erdichtung; die Erzählung; die Erfindung; die Verdichtung; Gleichnis
  4. the story (fairytale; fable)
    Märchen; die Fabel; die Erzählung
  5. the story
    – A document area that contains a range of text distinct from other areas of text in a document. For example, if a document includes body text, footnotes, and headers, it contains a main text story, footnotes story, and headers story. 2

Translation Matrix for story:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Ausflucht excuse; sham; story
Ausrede excuse; sham; story excuse; poor excuse
Entschuldigung excuse; sham; story apology; excuse; justification; thinking up a story; vindication; weathering
Erdichtung delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story poetry
Erfindung delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story disclosure; discovery; find; invention; surprising discovery
Erzählung delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; legend; myth; narration; old wive's tale; story; tale concert; recital
Fabel delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
Geschichte delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; legend; myth; narration; old wive's tale; story; tale history; problem; problematical case; record; report; survey
Gleichnis delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story collation; comparison; equalness; equation; likeness; parable; resemblance; similarity
Handlung act; action; deed; plot
Legende legend; myth; narration; story; tale caption; heading; inscription; legend; marginal note; myth; title; tradition
Märchen delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
Sage delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
Verdichtung delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
Überlieferung legend; myth; narration; story; tale legend; myth; overdelivery; tradition
- account; chronicle; fib; floor; history; level; narration; narrative; news report; report; storey; tale; taradiddle; tarradiddle; write up
Not SpecifiedRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Textabschnitt story
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- plot

Related Words for "story":

  • stories

Synonyms for "story":


Related Definitions for "story":

  1. a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale1
  2. a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events1
    • he writes stories for the magazines1
  3. a record or narrative description of past events1
    • the story of exposure to lead1
  4. a short account of the news1
    • the story was on the 11 o'clock news1
  5. a trivial lie1
    • how can I stop my child from telling stories?1
  6. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program1
    • Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children1
  7. A document area that contains a range of text distinct from other areas of text in a document. For example, if a document includes body text, footnotes, and headers, it contains a main text story, footnotes story, and headers story.2

Wiktionary Translations for story:

story
noun
  1. account of events
  2. level of a building
story
noun
  1. -
  2. die Handlung ausmachende (zumeist knapp umrissene) Geschichte einer literarischen, filmischen, theatralischen oder ähnlichen Erzählung
  3. Geschoss über dem Parterre
  4. ein Zeitabschnitt oder Zeitraum
  5. veraltet: eine abenteuerliche oder erdichtete Erzählung
  6. eine mündliche oder schriftliche Erzählung oder Überlieferung
  7. Stockwerk eines Bauwerks
  8. Darstellung eines Ereignisses, Vorkommnisses
  1. kurz für: Stockwerk

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
story Erzählung; Geschichte vertelling — een verhaal dat bedoeld is om verteld te worden
story Geschichte verhaal — een verslag van een waargebeurde of verzonnen gebeurtenis
story Märchen conte — Récit d’aventures imaginaires.
story Geschichte histoire — Récit, aventure, conte
story Etage; Geschoß; Stock; Stockwerk; Stufe niveau — Étage
story Erzählung; Geschichte récitrelation, narration, orale ou écrite, d’un événement.
story Etage; Geschoß; Stock; Stockwerk; Stufe étageespace entre deux planchers dans un bâtiment.

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