English-German translations for historical

• geschichtlich
  Das war der geschichtliche Rückblick. So much for the historical review.
  Mithin handelt es sich um eine Institution, deren geschichtliche Entwicklung noch nicht abgeschlossen ist. They are therefore institutions in the process of historical development.
  Auch wenn es wichtig sein mag, sich der Historie bewusst zu sein, so ist es im Allgemeinen doch nicht sehr positiv, wenn etwas langsam geschichtlich überholt wird. However important historic awareness may be, becoming historical is generally not a very positive notion.
• historisch

Definition of historical

• Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions
• Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally
• Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history
• A historical romance

Synonyms

• historial

Examples

• July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day
• The historical works of Lord Macaulay and Edward Gibbon are in and of themselves historic
• The Royal Historical Society
• The State Historical Society of Wisconsin
• historical-political

Related words

• historically
• culturohistorical
• prehistorically
• ahistorical
• unhistorical
• unhistorically
• prehistorical
• historicalization
• ahistorically