scheiden

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)

Concepts

divorce

separate

leave

divide

depart

exit

quit

segregate

sever

part

split

dissolve

sort

select

pick

⛏️

release

go away

go

Synonyms

absondern

abtrennen

abteilen

trennen

weggehen

sich trennen

separieren

spalten

abscheiden

aufbrechen

teilen

entgegensetzen

polarisieren

entzweien

abreisen

beiseite nehmen

gehen

hacken

Lebewohl sagen

loslassen

losmachen

sterben

💀

verabschieden

verfeinden

läutern

ausschmelzen

auf Wiedersehen sagen

Tschüs sagen

Adieu sagen

abfahren

Auf Wiedersehen sagen

abfliegen

abgehen

abhängen

abhauen

abreißen

Abschied nehmen

abschneiden

abstoßen

Auflösung

auseinanderhalten

ausreisen

dividieren

empfehlen

entfernen

entkuppeln

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

schaide

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃaɪ̯dən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: scheiden

Inherited from Old High German: sceidan

Cognate with Dutch: scheiden

Cognate with Western Frisian: skiede

Cognate with English: shed

Cognate with Welsh: chwydu

Cognate with Lithuanian: skíesti

Cognate with Church Slavic: чѣдити

Cognate with Ancient Greek: σχίζω

Cognate with Classical Armenian: ցտեմ

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, Welsh chwydu (“to break open”), Lithuanian skíesti (“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”).

Sentences

Seine Eltern ließen sich als er sechs Jahre alt war scheiden .

His parents divorced when he was six years old.