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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Spaltung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Spaltung

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Splitting/ˈsplɪt.ɪŋ/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Spaltung der Partei führte zu heftigen Debatten."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action or process of dividing something into two or more parts.

    "The splitting of the company into two independent entities took nearly a year."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Severe and throbbing, typically used to describe a headache.

    "After a long and stressful day at work, she came home with a splitting headache."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'split', originating in Middle English around the late 16th century, likely borrowed from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch 'splitten' meaning to cleave or divide. The suffix '-ing' turns the verb into a present participle or gerund denoting the action or state of dividing.

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