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scheiden.

to separate

8 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈʃaɪ̯dən/[ˈʃaɪ̯dən][ˈʃaɪ̯dn̩]

  1. to separate

    class-1 · dated · literary · strong · transitive

  2. to leave one another; to part; to be separated; to be divided

    class-1 · dated · intransitive · literary · reflexive · strong

  3. to dissolve (a marriage); to divorce (a couple)

    class-1 · strong · transitive
    Der Richter weigerte sich, die Ehe zu scheiden.

  4. to have (a marriage) dissolved

    class-1 · strong · transitive
    Sie wollen ihre Ehe scheiden lassen.

  5. to divorce (one's spouse); to get a divorce (from one's spouse)

    class-1 · reflexive · strong
    Meine Frau will sich von mir scheiden lassen.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German scheiden, from Old High German sceidan, from Proto-West Germanic *skaiþan. See also Dutch scheiden, West Frisian skiede, and English shed. Outside Germanic, see Latin scindō (“to split”), Irish scian (“knife”), Lithuanian ski̇́esti (“to separate”), Old Church Slavonic чѣдити (čěditi, “to filter, strain”), Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”), Old Armenian ցտեմ (cʻtem, “to scratch”), and Sanskrit च्यति (cyati, “he cuts off”).

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