# das Schicksal

das Schicksal is a German noun meaning “destiny”. Forms: des Schicksals, die Schicksale.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Schicksals
- Plural: die Schicksale

## In other languages

- Русский: судьба, участь, доля
- Українська: доля

## Meanings

1. _uncountable_ destiny, fate (irresistible power that predetermines events)
2. _countable_ someone's destiny, fate
3. _countable_ life story; the general conditions and main developments of a person's life; more often than in English used without any notion of predetermination
   - Das Buch beschreibt die Schicksale von zehn Frauen aus verschiedenen Gesellschaftsschichten im frühen 20. Jahrhundert. — The book portrays the life stories of ten women from different social classes in the early 20th century.
4. _no plural_ destiny; doom; fate; lot
   - „Das Schicksal mischt die Karten und wir spielen.“

## Examples

- Du bist der Herr deines Schicksals. — You're the master of your own destiny.
- Jeder Mensch sollte Herr seines eigenen Schicksals sein. — Everyone ought to be the master of his own destiny.
- Das ist Ihr Schicksal. — This is your fate.
- Das ist dein Schicksal. — This is your fate.
- Das ist euer Schicksal. — This is your fate.

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