English-German translation for "rive"

"rive" German translation

rive
[raiv]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t <preterite, (simple) past tense | Präteritum, Vergangenheitprät rived; past participle | Partizip Perfektpperf rived [raivd]; riven [ˈrivən]> obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobsor | oder od poetic, poetically | poetisch, dichterischpoet

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aufspalten, zerspalten auseinanderreißen, zerreißen
examples
  • it rives the heart
    es zerreißt (einem) das Herz
    it rives the heart
  • riven heart, soulet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc
    riven heart, soulet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc
rive
[raiv]intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i <preterite, (simple) past tense | Präteritum, Vergangenheitprät rived; past participle | Partizip Perfektpperf rived [raivd]; riven [ˈrivən]> obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobsor | oder od poetic, poetically | poetisch, dichterischpoet

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zerreißen brechen
  • brechen
    rive of heart figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    rive of heart figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
  • rive syn vgl. obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobsor | oder od poetic, poetically | poetisch, dichterischpoet → see „tear“
    rive syn vgl. obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobsor | oder od poetic, poetically | poetisch, dichterischpoet → see „tear“
Vom ersten Tag an wurde die Koalition von Kämpfen zerrissen.
From day one, the coalition was riven by feuds.
Source: News-Commentary
Die Region Abyei im Sudan wurde viele Jahre lang von Konflikten heimgesucht.
The Abyei region of Sudan has been riven by conflicts for many years.
Source: Europarl
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