English-German translations for memoir

• Lebenserinnerungen
• Memoiren monikko
  Ich werde es in meine Memoiren aufnehmen und Ihnen ein persönliches Exemplar übersenden. I shall commit them to my memoirs and I shall send you a personal copy.
  Wie Jean Monnet in seinen Memoiren sagt: "Wenn ich noch einmal anfangen könnte, würde ich mit Kultur beginnen." As Jean Monnet says in his memoirs, 'if I could start again, I would start with culture'.
  Ich sage Ihnen, dass Sie, wenn Sie einmal Ihre Memoiren schreiben, bedauern werden, was sie getan haben. I can tell you that when you come to write your memoirs, you will regret what you have done.

Definition of memoir

• An autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author
• A biography; a book describing the experiences of a subject from personal knowledge of the subject or from sources with personal knowledge of the subject
• Any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer

Examples

• When I retire, Im going to write my memoirs
• James wrote a memoir of his grandmother shortly after she passed away

Related words

• memoirs
• aide-mémoire
• memoirist
• phrase aide-memoire