Urgeschichte
German, noun/ˈuːʁɡəˌʃɪçtə/
Urgeschichte is spelled U-R-G-E-S-C-H-I-C-H-T-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 53,554th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urgeschichte is a German feminine noun meaning “prehistory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ältester Zeitabschnitt der Menschheitsgeschichte, aus dem keine schriftlichen Überlieferungen vorliegen”.
What does Urgeschichte mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprehistory
- 2
feminineprimeval history, Genesis 1-11
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ältester Zeitabschnitt der Menschheitsgeschichte, aus dem keine schriftlichen Überlieferungen vorliegen 2. Forschung, die sich mit dem ältesten Zeitabschnitt der Menschheitsgeschichte beschäftigt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Urgeschichte?
- /ˈuːʁɡəˌʃɪçtə/
- [ˈʔuːɐ̯ɡəˌʃɪçtʰə]
- [ˈuːɐ̯ɡəˌʃɪçtə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Urgeschichte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Urgeschichte in German?
Urgeschichte appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).