Illustration of the A1 German word “geschieden”, which translates to “divorced”. Two halves of a glowing heart slowly drifting apart, each floating toward a different beautiful sunset, content and bright.
Two halves of a glowing heart slowly drifting apart, each floating toward a different beautiful sunset, content and bright.

geschieden

A1 · adjective

divorced

[gəˈʃiːdn̩]

geschieden in a sentence

Examples

Sie ist leider schon geschieden.

Unfortunately, she is already divorced.

Meine Eltern sind seit Jahren geschieden.

My parents have been divorced for years.

How to remember it

Geschieden sounds like 'Gee, SHE DID end' the marriage. She's now officially divorced.

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