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fiction:
- Märchen; Fabel; Geschichte; Sage; Erdichtung; Erzählung; Erfindung; Verdichtung; Gleichnis
Wiktionary:
- fiction → Belletristik, Fiktion
- fiction → Erfindung

English

Detailed Translations for fiction from English to German

fiction:

fiction [the ~] nomen

the fiction (fib; fairytale; delusion; fable; story; old wive's tale)

– a deliberately false or improbable account ¹
Märchen; die Fabel; die Geschichte; die Sage; die Erdichtung; die Erzählung; die Erfindung; die Verdichtung; Gleichnis
- Märchen [das ~] nomen
- Fabel [die ~] nomen
- Geschichte [die ~] nomen
- Sage [die ~] nomen
- Erdichtung [die ~] nomen
- Erzählung [die ~] nomen
- Erfindung [die ~] nomen
- Verdichtung [die ~] nomen
- Gleichnis [das ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for fiction:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Erdichtung	delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story	poetry
Erfindung	delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story	disclosure; discovery; find; invention; surprising discovery
Erzählung	delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story	concert; fable; fairytale; legend; myth; narration; recital; story; tale
Fabel	delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story	fable; fairytale; story
Geschichte	delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story	history; legend; myth; narration; problem; problematical case; record; report; story; survey; tale
Gleichnis	delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story	collation; comparison; equalness; equation; likeness; parable; resemblance; similarity
Handlung		act; action; deed; plot
Märchen	delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story	fable; fairytale; story
Sage	delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
Verdichtung	delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
-	fable; fabrication

Related Words for "fiction":

fictions

Synonyms for "fiction":

literary composition; literary work
fabrication; fable; falsehood; falsity; untruth

Related Definitions for "fiction":

a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact¹
a deliberately false or improbable account¹

Wiktionary Translations for fiction:

fiction

noun

literary type
- fiction → Belletristik; Fiktion

fiction

noun

etwas Ausgedachtes
- Fiktion → fiction
(umgangssprachlich) Unterhaltungsliteratur
- Belletristik → fiction

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• fiction	→ Erfindung	↔ invention — disposition de l’esprit à inventer.

Related Translations for fiction

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