scheiden
German, verb
scheiden is spelled S-C-H-E-I-D-E-N (8 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written German, the 8,702nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scheiden is a German verb meaning “to separate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Scheiden is a different word: “plural of Scheide”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “räumlich voneinander trennen”.
What does scheiden mean in English?
verb
- 1
datedto separate
- 2
datedto leave one another; to part; to be separated; to be divided
- 3
to dissolve (a marriage); to divorce (a couple)
Der Richter weigerte sich, die Ehe zu scheiden.
- 4
to have (a marriage) dissolved
Sie wollen ihre Ehe scheiden lassen.
- 5
to divorce (one's spouse); to get a divorce (from one's spouse)
Meine Frau will sich von mir scheiden lassen.
noun
- 1
plural of Scheide
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. räumlich voneinander trennen 2. die Ehe auflösen 3. unterscheiden 4. sich entfernen, fortgehen; sterben
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 scheiden
- scheidet present singular third-person
- schied past
- geschieden participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 1 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- scheidend participle present
- scheide first-person indicative present
- scheidest indicative present second-person
- schieden first-person indicative plural
- schiede first-person formal rare
- schiedest indicative preterite second-person
- schiedst indicative preterite second-person
- schiedet indicative plural preterite
- scheid imperative second-person singular
- scheid! imperative singular
- scheide! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to scheiden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is scheiden in German?
scheiden appears 7.8 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).