What is the german name of the serial stories published in Germany?

Question

I have heard that there is a common form of serially published stories in Germany. I don't know if they are in magazines or books, but I've been told that they are available at any marktkauf. I'm actually looking for more information about them, but I don't have a german word to use as a basis of that search.

Answer 1

Hi VonBaden...

i need a few more information to help you.

what kind of stories do talk about?

do you mean small books with love stories, or fantasy stories, criminal stories ?

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thanks, that are the information i need.

I know what you mean.

At the moment i forgot the name but i try to remember.

They are printed in big newspapers or magazines for example.

o dear, what is the name...

"Fortsetzungsroman" !!!!!

that´s it. :)

difficult to write in english and think in german ... :)

I hope that is what you are talking about.

or

"Fortsetzungsgeschichten"

"Folgegeschichten"

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@wolschou:

i think it can be both.

The short storys can be very small books like you mentioned but the traditional "Fortsetzungsromane" are sequenzes/chapters from a story which are printed in f.e. newspapers or magazines week after week or day after day..

Answer 2

fortsetzungsroman or fortsetzungsgeschichte is the word you are looking for.  

although they are not just a few chapters of a whole novel, like you seem to think. it is more like a TV series, where each episode is in itself resolved, but following episodes can build upon it, like the third season of star trek enterprise which described the valiant crew's twentyfour episode mission to find and destroy a doomsday weapon that is being employed to destroy earth.

as for the publishing mode, they are usually either in in paperback like medium sized pocket books... or even cheaper like stapled magazines. only in book size, and around sixty pages long.

very popular series of this kind are among others: perry rhodan, lassiter, der landser, and of course the ongoing adventures of various doctors, lawyers or international jet setters...