verschieden

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German

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Etymology

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From verscheiden in its original sense of "separate, leave".

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈʃiːdn̩/

Participle

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verschieden

  1. past participle of verscheiden

Adjective

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verschieden (strong nominative masculine singular verschiedener, comparative verschiedener or verschiedner, superlative am verschiedensten)

  1. (dated) deceased
    Synonyms: gestorben, verblichen, verstorben
  2. different [with von (+ dative) ‘from someone/something’]
    Synonyms: anders, andersartig
    • 2013 August 31, Urs Bühler, Neue Zürcher Zeitung:
      «Prävention darf nie zur Ideologie werden, wir dürfen nicht meinen, wir wüssten, was gutes Leben ist», sagt er, um eine grundlegende Erkenntnis aus seiner Arbeit anzufügen: «Es ist normal, verschieden zu sein.»
      ‘Prevention must never become an ideology; we must never think that we know what a good life is,’ he says, adding a fundamental insight from his work: ‘It's normal to be different.’
  3. several, various, miscellaneous
    Synonyms: unterschiedlich, verschiedenartig
    Kiste 1: Ladekabel Handy
    Kiste 2: Ladekabel Computer
    Kiste 3: Ladekabel verschiedene
    (labels on a series of boxes)
    Box 1: Phone chargers
    Box 2: Computer chargers
    Box 3: Miscellaneous chargers

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Derived terms

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Adverb

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verschieden

  1. differently

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