geschiedenes

Geschiedenes is a German noun form derived from the past participle geschieden, meaning divorced or separated. In contemporary usage, it appears primarily in two senses: as a noun referring to a person who is divorced, and more rarely as a neuter noun for an abstract or definite object that has been separated.

As a noun for people, the term is usually realized with gendered forms. The masculine singular is der Geschiedene (a divorced man), the feminine singular is die Geschiedene (a divorced woman). The plural die Geschiedenen refers to divorced people in general. In everyday language, people often simply say "die Geschiedenen" when discussing statistics or social groups.

In less common contexts, das Geschiedene can function as a neuter noun meaning “that which has been separated” or an abstract reference to separation. This usage tends to appear in philosophical, literary, or theological texts rather than in ordinary speech and is relatively rare in modern everyday German.

As an adjective, geschieden describes marital status and is commonly used before a noun without capitalization. Examples include ein geschiedener Mann or eine geschiedene Frau, meaning “a divorced man” or “a divorced woman.” When used as a participle adjective, it conveys the state of having undergone a divorce or separation.

In legal, demographic, and sociological writing, Geschiedene is the standard term for divorced people, while geschieden remains the base participle, and das Geschiedene appears mainly in specialized, non-grammatical uses. The term is closely related to Scheidung (divorce) and to discussions of family status in German-speaking contexts.