desertion

See also: Desertion and désertion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French désertion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈzɜːʃən/

  Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ʃən

Noun

desertion (countable and uncountable, plural desertions)

1. The act of deserting.

Related terms

► English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ser-‎ (0 c, 21 e)

Translations

deserting

• Armenian: դասալքություն (hy) (dasalkʿutʿyun)
• Bulgarian: изоставяне (bg) (izostavjane), напускане (bg) (napuskane), дезертьорство (bg) (dezertjorstvo)
• Catalan: deserció f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遗弃 (zh), 开小差 (zh), 逃亡 (zh)

• Danish: faneflugt c, desertering c, desertion c, desertation c
• Dutch: desertie (nl) f, vaandelvlucht (nl)
• French: désertion (fr) f
• German: Fahnenflucht (de) f, Desertion (de) f, Desertation (de) f
• Greek: λιποταξία (el) f (lipotaxía)

  Ancient: ἀυτομολία f (automolía)

• Hebrew: עריקה‎ (he) f ('ariqa)
• Indonesian: desersi (id)

• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: desertering m or f

• Portuguese: deserção (pt) f
• Romanian: dezertare (ro) f
• Russian: ухо́д (ru) m (uxód), оставле́ние (ru) n (ostavlénije), дезерти́рство (ru) n (dezertírstvo)
• Spanish: deserción (es) f
• Swedish: desertering (sv) c
• Ukrainian: дезертирство (dezertyrstvo), залишення (zalyšennja), занедбаність (uk) (zanedbanistʹ)

Anagrams

• detersion, enteroids, interdose

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Danish

Noun

desertion c (singular definite desertionen, plural indefinite desertioner)

1. desertion

Declension

Declension of desertion

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	desertion	desertionen	desertioner	desertionerne
genitive	desertions	desertionens	desertioners	desertionernes

Further reading

• “desertion” in Den Danske Ordbog