Vergangenheit
German translations
- 01
German meaning: Die Zeit, die bereits vorüber ist. English meaning: Past Synonym: Früher, Historie German example: Die Vergangenheit können wir nicht ändern. English example: We cannot change the past. Type: Noun Article: die Singular Form: die Vergangenheit Plural Form: None
Word details
- German meaning
- Retrofuturistisch beschreibt einen Stil, der die Zukunftsvorstellungen der Vergangenheit mit dem heutigen Wissen verbindet.
- English meaning
- Retrofuturistic
- German example
- Das Design des Cafés ist retrofuturistisch mit Möbeln im Stil der 1950er Jahre und futuristischen Elementen.
- English example
- The design of the café is retrofuturistic with furniture in the style of the 1950s and futuristic elements.
Related words
- gedauert
Lasted
- Tempus
Tense
- geguckt
watched
- beschwören
To invoke, to conjure
- Kannibale
Cannibal
- Vorgeschichte
Prehistory, Background
- Nostalgie
nostalgia
- Plusquamperfekt
Pluperfect
- Idealisierung
Idealization
- anspielen
To allude
- Fundstück
Found object; an object that has been found, often of historical or artistic value.
- Inflationsrechner
Inflation calculator
- Vergegenwärtigung
Realization means to become aware of something or to recall something to mind.
- Räumte
Cleared
- Vergangenheitsbewältigung
Coming to terms with the past
- Vorzeit
Ancient times
- Büffeljagd
Buffalo hunt
- Geschichtswissenschaft
History (as an academic discipline)
- Langzeitgedächtnis
Long-term memory
- getrunken
Drunk
- gewesen
Been
- gegangen
"Gone" is the past participle of "to go" and means that someone or something has left a place.
- begonnen
Begun
- gesagt
Said
- erinnern
to remember, to remind
- zurückverfolgen
To trace back means to determine the origin or development of something by looking for traces or evidence in the past.
- vergangen
Past
- schwarzfeldrig
Fallow field farming
- metadiegetisch
Metadiegetic
- Zeit
time
- gelogen
Lied is the past tense of lie, which means to not tell the truth.
- gebaut
Built
- schliefen
Ground
- Zeitmaschine
Time machine
- Aktualismus
uniformitarianism
- Hommage
Homage
- Rückblende
Flashback
- Aorist
Aorist
- Präteritum
past tense (preterite)
- Geschichtsquelle
Historical source
- Yttererde
Ytteria is an obsolete term for yttrium oxide, a rare earth oxide formerly used in chemistry.
- Zeitgeschichte
Contemporary history
- Wortform
Word form
- Vorvergangenheit
Pluperfect
- Schlussstrich
Final line, clean break
- Mentalitätsgeschichte
History of mentalities
- Mitvergangenheit
The simple past tense, also known as the preterite, is a past tense form in German.
- Vokalwechsel
A vowel change is an alteration of the vowel in a word stem that indicates grammatical information such as number or tense.