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Frau Hilde liest den Freunden eine kurze Erzählung vor. Frau Hilde reads a short story aloud to the friends.

noun · B2

die Erzählung

[ɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːlʊŋ]

short story, story

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Other Examples

  • Statt eines dicken Romans lesen wir diesmal drei kurze Erzählungen.

    Instead of a thick novel, this time we're reading three short stories.

  • Hast du schon mal selbst eine Erzählung geschrieben?

    Have you ever written a short story yourself?

  • Kalle schreibt eine Erzählung über ein Wildschwein, das im Grunewald lebt.

    Kalle is writing a story about a wild boar who lives in the Grunewald.

Grammar

Plural
die Erzählungen In the plural the article is always "die".

Nouns ending in -ung are usually feminine: die Erzählung. Der, Die or Das? The Rules

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? die Erzählung die Erzählungen
Accusative wen? was? die Erzählung die Erzählungen
Dative wem? der Erzählung den Erzählungen
Ich kenne die Wohnungsnot von damals nur aus den Erzählungen von Frau Hilde. I only know the housing shortage of those days from Frau Hilde's stories.
Genitive wessen? der Erzählung der Erzählungen

How the Word Is Built

Er prefix zähl root ung suffix

er-
reaching a result: erreichen (to reach), erklären (to explain).
-ung
a noun from a verb, always feminine: wohnen → die Wohnung (flat), rechnen → die Rechnung (bill).

Word family

erzählender Erzählerdie Erzählerin

In Otti's situations: The friends start a book club

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