adverb · rare

asunder

asun·der

asunder · more asunder · most asunder

Of two or more people or thingsOf two or more people or things: Apart or separate from each other.

UK/əˈsʌndə/US/əˈsʌndəɹ/

» The cabin was torn asunder by the storm.

Meaning

5 senses

Of two or more people or things:
(archaic, literary)Apart or separate from each other.
(archaic, literary)Moving apart from each other.
(also, archaic, figuratively, literary)Into separate parts or pieces, often due to some violent action.
to crack asunder torn asunder
auseinander, entzwei, in Stücke
на ча́стиna části, на куски́na kuskí, врозьvrozʹ
into parts or pieces
(archaic, literary, obsolete)Apart from other people; individually, separately; specifically, in private, privately.
(archaic, literary, obsolete)Chiefly in the form to know asunder: in a manner distinguishable from other similar things.

Examples

2 sentences

The cabin was torn asunder by the storm.
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What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
ruИтак, что Бог сочетал, того человек да не разлучает.
deWas denn Gott zusammengefügt hat, soll der Mensch nicht scheiden.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

into separate parts or pieces, often due to some violent action:

Deutsch

into separate parts or pieces, often due to some violent action:

Origin

From Middle English asunder, asonder (“apart in position, distant; apart in movement; to p

From Middle English asunder, asonder (“apart in position, distant; apart in movement; to pieces; alone, separately; distinct in kind, different”), asondri (“distinct, separate”), onsunder, onsondre (“apart, asunder; alone, separately; especially, particularly (?)”), from Old English onsundrum, on sundur (“asunder, apart, privately”), probably from on- (prefix meaning ‘on, upon’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on, onto”)) + sundor, sunder (“alone, apart; separately; privately”) (from Proto-West Germanic *sundr, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“alone, separate”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *senH- (“apart; for oneself; without”)). By surface analysis, a- (prefix meaning ‘at; in; on’ denoting a condition, manner, or state) + sunder (“(obsolete except dialectal) different; separate”).

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