seinen Abschied nehmen

to take one's leave

Türkçe: veda edip ayrılmak

Noun

Abschied m.

Verb

nehmen

Topic

Gesellschaft und Leben

In a sentence

Der Botschafter nahm nach zwanzig Jahren seinen Abschied.

How it is used

Means 'to take one's leave' permanently, often retire. Formal/literary register. Use in a retirement speech or historical account. Implies a dignified departure, not a casual goodbye.

Other verbs that go with Abschied

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• Abschied nehmen von+Dat.to bid farewell to
• Abschied feiernto celebrate a farewell
• seinen Abschied einreichento submit one's resignation

All collocations with Abschied

Other collocations built on nehmen

• Abschied nehmen von+Dat.to bid farewell to
• Abstand nehmen von+Dat.to distance oneself from something
• sich in Acht nehmen vor+Dat.to be careful/watch out for a danger
• einen Anfang nehmento get under way
• etw. / jdn. in Anspruch nehmento use/claim something
• etw. in Angriff nehmento tackle/start something energetically
• Anstoß nehmen an+Dat.to take offense at something
• Anteil nehmento show sympathy