Usage Note
Scheidungskind describes a child whose parents have divorced. It is used both descriptively in social research and colloquially — sometimes with a slight self-deprecating or explanatory tone by adults reflecting on their upbringing.
Examples
"Als Scheidungskind verbrachte er die Wochenenden abwechselnd bei Mutter und Vater."
Natural Translation
As a child of divorced parents he spent weekends alternately with his mother and father.
Literal Translation
As divorce-child spent he the weekends alternately at mother and father.
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