geschieden
German, adjective/ɡəˈʃidən/
geschieden is spelled G-E-S-C-H-I-E-D-E-N (10 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written German, the 11,404th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geschieden is a German adjective meaning “divorced” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of scheiden. The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Familienstand nach einer Ehescheidung lebend”.
What does geschieden mean in English?
adjective
- 1
divorced
verb
- 1
past participle of scheiden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. im Familienstand nach einer Ehescheidung lebend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of geschieden
- geschiedener masculine nominative singular
- geschiedene feminine nominative singular
- geschiedenes neuter nominative singular
- geschiedenen genitive masculine singular
- geschiedenem dative masculine singular
- der geschiedene definite includes-article masculine
- die geschiedene definite feminine includes-article
- das geschiedene definite includes-article neuter
- die geschiedenen definite includes-article nominative
- des geschiedenen definite genitive includes-article
- der geschiedenen definite feminine genitive
- dem geschiedenen dative definite includes-article
- den geschiedenen dative definite includes-article
- gesch. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce geschieden?
- /ɡəˈʃidən/
- /ɡəˈʃidn̩/
- [ɡəˈʃiːdn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to geschieden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is geschieden in German?
geschieden appears 5.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).