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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Abtrennung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ab-tren-nung

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Detachment/dɪˈtætʃ.mənt/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Abtrennung von der Gruppe fiel ihm schwer."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The state of being detached or separated.

    "His emotional detachment from the situation made it easier for him to make a rational decision."
  2. 2

    A group of troops or ships sent away from the main body.

    "The detachment was deployed to assist in the humanitarian efforts."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French verb 'detachier', meaning to unfasten or release, which stems from the Vulgar Latin prefix 'dis-' combined with 'takkare' (of Germanic origin related to nail or tack). Over the centuries, the term evolved from physical unfastening into abstract psychological states of emotional separation and objective aloofness.

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