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sich trennen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • separate verb To divide something into parts, or to keep things or people apart from each other.
  • split verb To divide something into parts, often along a line.

Senses

sich trennen is used for these senses in English:

  • separate (intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
  • split (transitive, intransitive, slang) To leave.
  • split (intransitive, of a couple) To separate.

separate — full definition

  1. verb To divide something into parts, or to keep things or people apart from each other.
  2. adj Not connected to or joined with something else; distinct.

split — full definition

  1. verb To divide something into parts, often along a line.
  2. verb Informal: to leave a place.
  3. noun A division or separation, especially in an organization or relationship.
  4. noun A gymnastic move where the legs extend flat in opposite directions.
  5. noun A crack or fissure in a solid object.

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