trennen
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German trennen, from Old High German trennen, from Proto-Germanic *trannijaną. Cognate with German Low German trennen, Dutch tornen (archaic tarnen, from Middle Dutch ternen, metathesis of older trennen).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈtʁɛnən/
Audio (file) Audio (file) Audio (Austria) (file) - Hyphenation: tren‧nen
- Rhymes: -ɛnən
Verb edit
trennen (weak, third-person singular present trennt, past tense trennte, past participle getrennt, auxiliary haben)
- to separate, sever, part, disunite, uncouple, segregate, unjoin, disjoin
- to sunder
- to unlink, delink, disconnect, detach
- to isolate
- (reflexive) to separate, to go apart, to secede, to break off, to break up
- sich trennen mit ― to part ways with
Conjugation edit
infinitive | trennen | ||||
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present participle | trennend | ||||
past participle | getrennt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich trenne | wir trennen | i | ich trenne | wir trennen |
du trennst | ihr trennt | du trennest | ihr trennet | ||
er trennt | sie trennen | er trenne | sie trennen | ||
preterite | ich trennte | wir trennten | ii | ich trennte1 | wir trennten1 |
du trenntest | ihr trenntet | du trenntest1 | ihr trenntet1 | ||
er trennte | sie trennten | er trennte1 | sie trennten1 | ||
imperative | trenn (du) trenne (du) |
trennt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- abtrennen, auftrennen
- Müll trennen (to assort waste for recycling)
- trennbar
Further reading edit
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German trennen, from Proto-Germanic *trannijaną. Cognate with German trennen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
trennen (third-person singular present trennt, past participle getrennt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to separate
Conjugation edit
Regular | ||
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infinitive | trennen | |
participle | getrennt | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | trennen | — |
2nd singular | trenns | trenn |
3rd singular | trennt | — |
1st plural | trennen | — |
2nd plural | trennt | trennt |
3rd plural | trennen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
Synonyms edit
- (to separate): separéieren