Adjective
alleinerziehend
Pronunciation: /aˈlaɪnɛɐ̯tsiːənt/
single parent; single (mother/father)
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Meanings
Adjective
- single parent; single (mother/father)
Example sentence
Lise Lavoisier war früh Mutter geworden, sie war alleinerziehend und gönnte sich nicht viel.
Lise Lavoisier had had a child young; she was a single mother and did not treat herself very often.
Usage
- eine alleinerziehende Mutter — a single mother raising a child without a co-parent in the household
- alleinerziehend / alleinstehend — a single parent / a person without a partner; these need not describe the same situation
Der alleinerziehende Vater organisiert den Alltag mit seinen beiden Kindern.
The single father organises everyday life with his two children.