how to pronounce story

/ˈstɔʁi/

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story is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of story in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… heute sieht sie ihre story zum ersten …”

meanings of story

noun:

An account of sensational character and/or unknown credibility, e.g. the cover story of a newspaper, or a story someone uses as an excuse, etc.
The plot of a novel, film, video game, etc.

story frequency in german - B1 level of CEFR

the word story occurs in german on average 44.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.