asunder

== English == === Alternative forms === asundre, insunder (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English asunder, asondre, onsunder, on sondre, from Old English asundran, onsundrum (“asunder, apart, privately”), from Proto-Germanic *sunder, *sundraz. Equivalent to a- +‎ sunder. Cognate with Danish sønder, Swedish sönder, Dutch zonder, German sonder, Icelandic sundur, Faroese sundur and Norwegian sunder/sønder; akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍂𐍉 (sundrō). === Pronunciation === (UK, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈsʌndə/ (US, General American) enPR: ə-sŭnʹdər, IPA(key): /əˈsʌndɚ/ Rhymes: -ʌndə(ɹ) Hyphenation: asun‧der === Adverb === asunder (comparative more asunder, superlative most asunder) (archaic, literary) Into separate parts or pieces. Synonyms: apart, in twain to tear asunder to crack asunder ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:asunder ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Urendas, asundre, dauners, enduras, unreads