Prepositions are not like other words. The separable prefixes of German seem strange at first. Later they seem like a great idea.
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Separable
Synonyms for "separable" (9 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (4)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
12 entriesderived from
2 entriesdistinct from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 17 languages.
Asturian
1 entries- xebrable adj ((differential equations))
Bulgarian
1 entries- отделим adj (able to be separated)
Catalan
2 entries- separable adj (able to be separated)
- separable adj ((differential equations))
Dutch
1 entries- scheidbaar adj (able to be separated)
Finnish
3 entries- erottuva adj (able to be separated)
- separoituva adj (able to be separated)
- separoituva adj ((differential equations))
French
1 entries- séparable adj ((differential equations))
Galician
2 entries- separable adj (able to be separated)
- separable adj ((differential equations))
German
4 entries- separabel adj (able to be separated)
- separierbar adj ((differential equations))
- trennbar adj (able to be separated)
- trennbar adj ((differential equations))
Hungarian
2 entries- elválasztható adj (able to be separated)
- szétválasztható adj (able to be separated)
Italian
2 entries- separabile adj (able to be separated)
- separabile adj ((differential equations))
Japanese
3 entries- 分離できる adj (able to be separated)
- 切り離せる adj (able to be separated)
- 可分の adj (able to be separated)
Latin
1 entries- sēparābilis adj (able to be separated)
Polish
1 entries- rozłączny adj ((differential equations))
Portuguese
2 entries- separável adj (able to be separated)
- separável adj ((differential equations))
Russian
1 entries- отделимый adj (able to be separated)
Spanish
2 entries- separable adj (able to be separated)
- separable adj ((differential equations))
Swedish
3 entries- avtagbar adj (able to be separated)
- delbar adj (able to be separated)
- separabel adj (able to be separated)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
LGB and TQ are not separable phenomena.
Source: tatoeba (11865637)
Unlike its German equivalent, "iber-" is a separable prefix in Yiddish.
Source: tatoeba (12540390)
German has separable verbs.
Source: tatoeba (13670244)
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