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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Abspaltung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Abspaltung

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Breakaway/ˈbreɪk.əˌweɪ/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Abspaltung fand nach langen Verhandlungen statt."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An act of breaking away from a group or situation.

    "The breakaway faction formed its own political party."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or denoting a group or individual that has separated from a larger group.

    "The breakaway region declared independence from the country."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the phrasal verb 'break away', combining Old English 'brecan' (to break, fracture) with Middle English 'away' (from on weg, on its way). It transitioned from a verbal action into a substantive noun during the late 19th century, initially used in sports and politics to denote separation from a main group.

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