Definition
The moment or act of saying goodbye to someone.
Translations
- English
- farewell
- Français
- adieu
- Türkçe
- veda
- Polski
- pożegnanie
- Русский
- прощание
- Українська
- прощання
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Abschied
- B1
- Noun
- People & Family
- Emotions & Personality
farewell
/deːɐ̯ ˈapʃiːt/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Abschiede
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Implicit derivation
- Topics
- People & FamilyPrimaryEmotions & Personality
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Abschied von seinen Freunden fiel ihm schwer.NominativSing.Saying goodbye to his friends was difficult for him.
- Sie plante einen Abschied im kleinen Kreis.AkkusativSing.She planned a farewell in a small group.
- Zum Abschied winkte er seinen Freunden zu.DativSing.As he said goodbye, he waved to his friends.
- Die Dauer des Abschieds war nicht absehbar.GenitivSing.The duration of the farewell could not be foreseen.
- Abschiede fallen manchen Menschen schwer.NominativPlur.Goodbyes are difficult for some people.
- Sie feierten mehrere Abschiede in diesem Jahr.AkkusativPlur.They celebrated several farewells this year.
- Bei Abschieden werden oft persönliche Worte gesagt.DativPlur.At farewells, personal words are often spoken.
- Die Erinnerungen verschiedener Abschiede blieben lebendig.GenitivPlur.The memories of various farewells remained vivid.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Abschied/ˈapʃiːt/
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Article phrase
der Abschied/deːɐ̯ ˈapʃiːt/
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Plural
Abschiede/ˈapʃiːdə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Abschied | die Abschiede |
| Akkusativ | den Abschied | die Abschiede |
| Dativ | dem Abschied | den Abschieden |
| Genitiv | des Abschieds | der Abschiede |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationein herzlicher Abschied
- Collocationein endgültiger Abschied
- CollocationAbschied nehmen
- Prepositional constructionzum Abschiedzu + Dativ
- Prepositional constructionohne Abschiedohne + Akkusativ
- Sentence patternDer Abschied fiel ihr schwer.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
No semantic relations have been added for this sense.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeImplicit derivation
- SourceabscheidenVerb
„Abschied“ is an implicit derivation of „abscheiden“.