Definition
The legal ending of a marriage through a court decision.
Translations
- English
- divorce
- Français
- divorce
- Türkçe
- boşanma
- Polski
- rozwód
- Русский
- развод
- Українська
- розлучення
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Scheidung
- B1
- Noun
- People & Family
divorce
/diː ˈʃaɪ̯dʊŋ/
Meaning and translations
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Grammar & classification
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- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Scheidungen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Topics
- People & FamilyPrimary
Usage examples
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Pronunciation and forms
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Lemma
Scheidung/ˈʃaɪ̯dʊŋ/
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Article phrase
die Scheidung/diː ˈʃaɪ̯dʊŋ/
Declension / Forms
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Usage and collocations
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Semantic relations
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- Semantically relatedEhe — marriage
A Scheidung legally ends a Ehe; the two terms are related but do not denote the same form of life.
Word formation and word family
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