Im Museum macht Otti eine Reise in die Vergangenheit. At the museum, Otti takes a trip into the past.

noun · B1

die Vergangenheit

[fɛɐ̯ˈɡaŋənhaɪ̯t]

past

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Frau Hilde spricht gern über die Vergangenheit, aber noch lieber über die Zukunft.

Frau Hilde likes talking about the past, but she likes talking about the future even more.
Interessierst du dich für die Vergangenheit deines Viertels?

Are you interested in the past of your neighbourhood?
Wir können die Vergangenheit nicht ändern, aber die Zukunft schon.

We can't change the past, but we can change the future.

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

Case	Singular	Example
Nominative wer? was?	die Vergangenheit
Accusative wen? was?	die Vergangenheit	Interessierst du dich für die Vergangenheit deines Viertels? Are you interested in the past of your neighbourhood?
Dative wem?	der Vergangenheit
Genitive wessen?	der Vergangenheit

Ver prefix gang root en ending heit suffix

ver-: often a change, a loss or "away": vermieten (to rent out), verlieren (to lose), sich verlaufen (to get lost).
-en: the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
-heit: a noun from an adjective, always feminine: frei → die Freiheit (freedom).

vergangenvergehengehen

bevor damals ehemalig erinnern die Gegenwart heutzutage das Jahrhundert das Jahrzehnt die Mauer der Mauerfall nachdem obwohl

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