Erzählung
German, noun/ɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːlʊŋ/
Erzählung is spelled E-R-Z-Ä-H-L-U-N-G (9 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 6,162nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erzählung is a German feminine noun meaning “tale, story; narration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Darstellung eines Ereignisses, Vorkommnisses”.
What does Erzählung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetale, story; narration
- 2
femininenarrative (presentation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Darstellung eines Ereignisses, Vorkommnisses 2. literarische Gattung: relativ kurzer Prosatext, in dem ein Geschehen dargestellt wird
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 Erzählung
- Erzählungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Erzählung?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːlʊŋ/
- /-ˈt͡seː-/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːlʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Erzählung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Erzählung in German?
Erzählung appears 12 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).