"Vorgeschichte" meaning in German

See Vorgeschichte in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌʃɪçtə/ Audio: De-Vorgeschichte.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: vor- + Geschichte Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|vor-|Geschichte}}, {{prefix|de|vor|Geschichte}} vor- + Geschichte Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Vorgeschichte f (genitive Vorgeschichte, plural Vorgeschichten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Vorgeschichte [genitive], Vorgeschichten [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Vorgeschichte [nominative, singular], Vorgeschichten [definite, nominative, plural], Vorgeschichte [genitive, singular], Vorgeschichten [definite, genitive, plural], Vorgeschichte [dative, singular], Vorgeschichten [dative, definite, plural], Vorgeschichte [accusative, singular], Vorgeschichten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (of a thing) past history Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Vorgeschichte-de-noun-EOnMFpNo
  2. (of a person) background Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Vorgeschichte-de-noun-ibkd8Z2d Categories (other): German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms prefixed with vor-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Historical periods Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 6 42 26 26 Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 15 44 21 21 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 3 60 18 18 Disambiguation of German terms prefixed with vor-: 7 53 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 8 40 26 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 40 26 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 64 15 15 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 4 72 12 12 Disambiguation of Historical periods: 8 68 12 12
  3. (history before written records, singular only) prehistory Tags: feminine, singular, singular-only Synonyms: Urgeschichte
    Sense id: en-Vorgeschichte-de-noun-gLallDTj Categories (other): German singularia tantum Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
  4. (history before an event, singular only) prehistory Tags: feminine, singular, singular-only
    Sense id: en-Vorgeschichte-de-noun-gLallDTj1 Categories (other): German singularia tantum Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: vorgeschichtlich [history, human-sciences, sciences]

Inflected forms

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}

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