sunder

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To break or separate or to break apart, especially with force.
2. (intransitive) To part, separate.
3. (UK, dated, dialectal, transitive) To expose to the sun and wind.

Adj

Sundry; separate; different.

Noun

a separation into parts; a division or severance

Synonyms

separate

divide

part

remove

uncouple

sever

disunite

disjoin

split

divorce

sequester

break

dissociate

cut

disestablish

disjoint

dislodge

dismiss

disperse

distinguish

disunion

drop

elute

excommunicate

expel

fall apart

fire

🔥

force out

free

🆓

isolate

isolation

keep apart

know

leave

let go

mark

put away

rend

resolve

rip

secede

secern

segregate

segregation

send down

separate from

separate off

separate out

separation

sequestrate

Translations

bölmek

koparmak

ayırma

ayrılmak

trennen

kopmak

scheiden

romper

ayırmak

rompre

scinder

séparer

spezzare

rompere

χωρίζω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsʌndɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sundren

Inherited from Old English: sundrian

Cognate with Scots: sinder

Cognate with Dutch: zonderen

Cognate with German: sondern

Cognate with Swedish: söndra

In summary

From Middle English sundren (“to separate, part, divide”), from Old English sundrian (“to separate, split, part, divide”), from Proto-Germanic *sundrōną (“to separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *sen(e)- (“separate, without”). Cognate with Scots sinder, sunder (“to separate, divide, split up”), Dutch zonderen (“to isolate”), German sondern (“to separate”), Swedish söndra (“to divide”). More at sundry.