Binnenerzählung
German, noun/ˈbɪnənʔɛɐ̯ˌt͡sɛːlʊŋ/
Binnenerzählung is spelled B-I-N-N-E-N-E-R-Z-Ä-H-L-U-N-G (15 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written German, the 366,741st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Binnenerzählung is a German feminine noun meaning “story within a story” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Erzählung, die in eine Erzählung eingeschoben ist”.
What does Binnenerzählung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestory within a story
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Erzählung, die in eine Erzählung eingeschoben ist
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Binnenerzählung
- Binnenerzählungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Binnenerzählung?
- /ˈbɪnənʔɛɐ̯ˌt͡sɛːlʊŋ/
- [ˈbɪnənʔɛɐ̯ˌt͡sɛːlʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Binnenerzählung in German?
Binnenerzählung appears about once in every 38 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).