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)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃaɪ̯dən/

Etymology

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”).