German Conversation · Level 147
30 words
German word
Alleinerziehende
Pronunciation
IPA/aˈlaɪ̯nɛɐ̯ˌt͡siːəndə/
Meaning
- noun (m./f.)single parent
Example
Die Alleinerziehende hat wenig Zeit.
The single parent has little time.
More examples
Als Alleinerziehende organisiert sie den Alltag allein.
As a single parent, she manages daily life alone.
Core concept
One parent managing a child's upbringing, care, and living costs without another parent sharing that role.
Common phrases
Staatliche Unterstützung für Alleinerziehende
state support for single parents
berufstätige Alleinerziehende
employed single parents
Alleinerziehende mit Kindern
single parents with children
Similar words
Alleinerziehender: A man raising a child alone and handling the household costs and daily care.
Alleinlebende: A person who lives alone without sharing a home with anyone else.
Alleinstehende: A person without a spouse or live-in partner.
Definition in German
Person, die ein oder mehrere Kinder allein großzieht und für ihren Unterhalt sorgt.
Word origin
The word combines allein ("alone") with the participial form erziehend ("raising"), and the resulting adjective is nominalized as "Alleinerziehende".
Usage tips
- The noun can refer to a mother or a father, while the masculine form is "Alleinerziehender" and the plural is "Alleinerziehende".
Other meanings
- single fathernoun
Opposites
- Kernfamilienuclear familynoun
- Elternpaartwo-parent couplenoun
Related words
- alleinerziehendraising children aloneadjective
- Alleinerziehendersingle fathernoun
- Alleinerziehungbeing a single parentnoun