Translation

1. destiny, fate (irresistible power that predetermines events) neuter, strong, uncountable

   Zu leiden ist das Schicksal des Menschen.

   It is man's lot to suffer.

   Ihn erwartete ein schreckliches Schicksal.

   A terrible fate awaited him.

2. destiny source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
3. chance source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
4. fortune source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
5. someone's destiny, fate countable, neuter, strong
6. life story; the general conditions and main developments of a person's life; more often than in English used without any notion of predetermination countable, neuter, strong

   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.

Declension