trennen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German trennen, from Old High German trennen, from Proto-Germanic *trannijaną. Cognate with German Low German trennen, Dutch tornen (archaic tarnen, from Middle Dutch ternen, metathesis of older trennen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁɛnən/
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  • Hyphenation: tren‧nen
  • Rhymes: -ɛnən

Verb

trennen (weak, third-person singular present trennt, past tense trennte, past participle getrennt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to separate, sever, part, disunite, uncouple, segregate, unjoin, disjoin
  2. to sunder
  3. to unlink, delink, disconnect, detach
  4. to isolate
  5. (reflexive) to separate, to go apart, to secede, to break off, to break up
    sich trennen mitto part ways with

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Further reading

  • trennen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • trennen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • trennen” in Duden online
  • trennen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German trennen, from Proto-Germanic *trannijaną. Cognate with German trennen.

Pronunciation

Verb

trennen (third-person singular present trennt, past participle getrennt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to separate

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive trennen
participle getrennt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular trennen
2nd singular trenns trenn
3rd singular trennt
1st plural trennen
2nd plural trennt trennt
3rd plural trennen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

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