legend

(Englisch)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).
2. (countable, uncountable) An unrealistic story depicting past events.
3. (countable, uncountable) An unrealistic story depicting past events.
4. (countable, uncountable) An unrealistic story depicting past events.
5. (countable, uncountable) An unrealistic story depicting past events.
6. (uncountable) Such stories considered collectively; unverified traditional tales.
7. (countable, uncountable) A person related to a legend or legends.
8. (countable, uncountable) A person related to a legend or legends.
9. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, colloquial, countable, slang, uncountable) A person related to a legend or legends.
10. (countable, uncountable) A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.
11. (countable, uncountable) An inscription, motto, or title, especially one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon a heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
12. (countable, uncountable) A musical composition set to a poetical story.
13. (countable, uncountable) The design and specification of a vessel.

Verb

To tell or narrate; to recount.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: legende

In summary

From Middle English legende, from Old French legende, from Medieval Latin legenda (“a legend, story, especially the lives of the saints”), from Latin legenda (“things which ought to be read”), from lego (“I read”).

Konzepte

Legende

Sage

Märchen

Erzählung

Geschichte

Überlieferung

Hinweistext

Mythos

Fabel

mündliche Überlieferung

Erklärung

alte Aufzeichnung

Göttersage

alte Geschichte

einleitende Bemerkungen

mündliche Tradition

Benutzungshinweise

Zeichenerklärungen

mündlich überlieferte Tradition

Mär

Mythe

Mythus

Schilderung

Theater

Tradition

Überschrift

Vorbemerkungen

legende

alte Überlieferung

alte Legende

Synonyme

story

myth

tale

fable

tradition

folklore

history

saga

caption

fairy tale

narrative

key

🔑

epic

account

news

📰

lore

map symbol

miracle

motto

mythology

narration

oral tradition

record

report

rumor

rumour

saying

slogan

superstition

theater

theatre

totem

transmission

verb

historical record

old story

popular belief

graphic illustration

cutline

Fiction

origin account

symbol table

children’s story

list of symbols

graphic example

graphical symbols, conventional signs

graphical sym. bols

il.

key to symbol

marginal data

Übersetzungen

légende

leyenda

leggenda

lenda

legenda

θρύλος

llegenda

legende

conte

legenda

fable

efsane

volksoverlevering

μύθος

legenda

Sätze

The " Daily " was instrumental in the spread of the Paul is dead urban legend .

Die "Tageszeitung" war maßgeblich an der Ausbreitung des Paulus -städtischen Legendens beteiligt.