noun#1,585 by frequency
das Schicksal
/ˈʃɪk.zaːl/
destiny, fate; someone's destiny, fate; life story; the general conditions and main developments of a person's life
- genitive
- des Schicksales
- plural
- die Schicksale
- built from
- Schick + Sal
Meanings
- 1
destiny, fate — irresistible power that predetermines events
Wir ließen das Schicksal entscheiden.
We let fate decide.
Tatoeba · pne · CC BY 2.0 FR
Du bist der Herr deines Schicksals.
You are the master of your own destiny.
Tatoeba · Manfredo · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
someone's destiny, fate
- 3
life story; the general conditions and main developments of a person's life; more often than in English used without any notion of predetermination
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dasSchicksal | dieSchicksale |
| accusative | dasSchicksal | dieSchicksale |
| dative | demSchicksal | denSchicksalen |
| genitive | desSchicksales | derSchicksale |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.