Story

Story

See also: story

English

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Proper noun

Story

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, Brown County, Indiana.
  4. A ghost town in St. Clair County, Missouri.
  5. An unincorporated community in Sioux County, Nebraska.
  6. A census-designated place in Sheridan County, Wyoming.

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German

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr
Proto-Hellenic *wístōr
Ancient Greek ἵστωρ (hístōr)
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)
Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορέω (hĭstoréō)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía)bor.
Latin historiader.
Old French estoire
Old French estoriebor.
Middle English storie
English storybor.
German Story

    Borrowed from English story.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈstɔʁi/, /ˈstɔɹi/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Noun

    Story f (genitive Story, plural Storys)

    1. (colloquial) plot (of a novel, film, etc.)
      Synonyms: Erzählung, Geschichte, Handlung, Plot
      Die zahlreichen Rückblenden machen es schwer, der Story zu folgen.
      The numerous flashbacks make it difficult to follow the plot.
    2. (colloquial) sensational story, cover story (account of sensational character and/or unknown credibility)
      Hast du schon die Story über das „CIA-Drehkreuz Deutschland“ gelesen?
      Have you read that story about “CIA hub Germany”?

    Declension

    Declension of Story [feminine]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative eine die Story die Storys
    genitive einer der Story der Storys
    dative einer der Story den Storys
    accusative eine die Story die Storys

    Further reading

    • “Story”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
    • “Story” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • “Story” in Duden online
    • “Story” in OpenThesaurus.de
    • Story on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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