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Illustration of the A1 German word “geschieden”, which translates to “divorced”. Juan — short dark curls, round glasses, green hoodie — and Yoko — sleek black bob with bangs, oversized cream sweater — sit back to back on halves of a sofa sawn in two; he pouts, lip wobbling, she smirks in relief.

geschieden is part of German adjectives A1–B1 and Goethe A1 vocabulary.

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geschieden

divorced

/ɡəˈʃiːdn̩/

Examples — geschieden in a sentence

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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