divorce

Scheidung

Die rechtliche Auflösung einer Ehe.

In einfachem Englisch: The legal ending of a marriage.

• They got a divorce.
• She asked a lawyer about filing for divorce.
• Their divorce was difficult for the children.

So benutzt man es: a divorce from someone (She wanted a divorce from her husband.)

Synonyme: dissolution of marriage

Häufige Wendungen: get a divorce, file for divorce, divorce settlement

Trennung

Eine Trennung zwischen Dingen, die verbunden waren oder zusammengehören sollten.

In einfachem Englisch: A separation between things that were connected or should belong together.

• There is a divorce between theory and practice.
• He criticised the divorce of politics from everyday life.
• This divorce between art and society troubles her.

So benutzt man es: a divorce between A and B (There is a divorce between their promises and their actions.); a divorce of A from B (She regretted the divorce of learning from play.)

Synonyme: separation, division

Gegenteile: union

Häufige Wendungen: divorce between things, divorce from something

sich scheiden lassen

Die eigene Ehe mit dem Ehemann oder der Ehefrau rechtlich beenden.

In einfachem Englisch: To legally end your marriage to your husband or wife.

• She divorced her husband.
• He wants to divorce his wife.
• Would you divorce someone who lied to you?

So benutzt man es: divorce someone (He divorced his wife last year.)

Häufige Wendungen: divorce someone, divorce her husband, divorce his wife

sich scheiden lassen

Die eigene Ehe durch ein rechtliches Verfahren beenden.

In einfachem Englisch: To end your marriage through a legal process.

• They divorced last year.
• My parents decided to divorce.
• After twenty years together, the couple divorced amicably.

Synonyme: get divorced

Gegenteile: marry

Häufige Wendungen: decide to divorce, divorce amicably

trennen, loslösen

Dinge voneinander lösen, die miteinander verbunden sind.

In einfachem Englisch: To separate things that are connected.

• You cannot divorce art from life.
• The report divorced these events from their historical context.
• She tried to divorce herself from party politics.

So benutzt man es: divorce A from B (We cannot divorce this problem from the wider situation.); divorce oneself from something (He divorced himself from the organisation.)

Synonyme: separate, detach

Gegenteile: connect, unite

Häufige Wendungen: divorce from something, divorce the two

scheiden

Die Ehe zweier Menschen rechtlich beenden.

In einfachem Englisch: To legally end the marriage of two people.

• The court can divorce the couple.
• The judge divorced them after reviewing the papers.
• Only a court has the authority to divorce them here.

Synonyme: dissolve a marriage

Häufige Wendungen: divorce a couple, power to divorce