Usage Note
Trennungskind is a child whose parents have separated or divorced. It is used in psychological and social-welfare contexts to acknowledge the specific challenges such children may face. Related: Scheidungskind (child of divorced parents).
Examples
"Als Trennungskind lebte sie abwechselnd bei Mutter und Vater."
Natural Translation
As a child of separated parents, she alternated living with her mother and father.
Literal Translation
As separation-child lived she alternately with mother and father.
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