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Alleinsein: being alone — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

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Alleinsein

being alone

The state of being on one's own, without the immediate company of others.

IPA/aˈlaɪ̯nˌzaɪ̯n/

Primary stress is on lein; sein receives secondary stress.

Meaning 1neutral · 90%

The state of being on one's own, without the immediate company of others.

Beim Schreiben genießt sie das Alleinsein und schaltet ihr Telefon aus.

Nach dem Umzug fiel ihm das ungewohnte Alleinsein zunächst schwer.

Ich brauche am Wochenende etwas Alleinsein, bevor die nächste Arbeitswoche beginnt.

Different from Einsamkeit: being alone is a situation; loneliness is typically a distressing feeling.

— enjoy solitude

das Alleinsein genießen

Use Alleinsein to describe the circumstance of being by yourself. It need not imply the emotional pain expressed by Einsamkeit.

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A capitalized nominalization, neuter and generally uncountable.