Erzählung

German

Etymology

From er- (“or-: out, resulting from”) +‎ zählen (“tell”) +‎ -ung (“-ing: forming nouns from verbs”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɐˈtsɛːlʊŋ/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /-ˈtseː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

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• Hyphenation: Er‧zäh‧lung

Noun

Erzählung f (genitive Erzählung, plural Erzählungen)

1. tale, story; narration

Derived terms

• erzählen

Further reading

• “Erzählung” in Duden online