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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Abgetrennt

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ab-ge-trent

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Detached/dɪˈtætʃt/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die abgetrennte Garage steht hinten im Garten."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not attached or connected; separated.

    "The detached garage is located at the back of the property."
  2. 2

    Emotionally uninvolved or indifferent.

    "She maintained a detached demeanor during the heated discussion."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French verb 'detachier', formed from the prefix 'de-' (expressing removal) and 'tachier' (to fasten, attach), which stems from Frankish origins. By the 16th century, the term evolved in English from a military context of sending away troops to describe physical separation, and later expanded into psychological and emotional states of aloofness or objectivity.

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