Meaning

  1. (class-1, dated, literary, strong, transitive) to separate
  2. (class-1, dated, intransitive, literary, reflexive, strong) to leave one another; to part; to be separated; to be divided
  3. (class-1, strong, transitive) to dissolve (a marriage); to divorce (a couple)
  4. (class-1, strong, transitive) to have (a marriage) dissolved
  5. (class-1, reflexive, strong) to divorce (one's spouse); to get a divorce (from one's spouse)

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schaide

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃaɪ̯dən/
Etymology

In summary

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 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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