Narrativ

See also: narrativ

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English narrative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naʁaˈtiːf/

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Noun

Narrativ n (strong, genitive Narratives or Narrativs, plural Narrative)

1. narrative (representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view)

   Synonyms: Geschichte, Erzählung

   • 2020 December 28, Jörn Petring, “Wer trägt die Schuld an dem Desaster?”, in Die Zeit‎^[1]:

     Kein Wunder, dass Chinas Regierung hart daran arbeitet, zumindest im eigenen Land das Narrativ der Virus-Verbreitung zu kontrollieren.

     No wonder China's government is working hard to control the virus spread narrative, at least in its own country.

Declension

Declension of Narrativ [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Narrativ	die	Narrative
genitive	eines	des	Narratives, Narrativs	der	Narrative
dative	einem	dem	Narrativ, Narrative1	den	Narrativen
accusative	ein	das	Narrativ	die	Narrative

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Narrativ” in Duden online
• “Narrativ”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)