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    einsam und verlassen

    Grammar & Usage

    adjectival phrase / binomial pair
    literary / expressive

    How it works

    This is an irreversible binomial (Zwillingsformel) formed by the adjective 'einsam' (lonely) and the past participle/adjective 'verlassen' (abandoned), joined by the conjunction 'und'. It functions mostly predicatively or adverbially to emphasize total physical or emotional isolation, though it can also be inflected attributively.

    Sample sentences

    Nachdem all seine Freunde weggezogen waren, fühlte er sich einsam und verlassen.

    After all his friends had moved away, he felt lonely and abandoned.

    Das alte Haus stand einsam und verlassen am Rande des Waldes.

    The old house stood lonely and deserted on the edge of the forest.

    Bitte lass mich in dieser schweren Zeit nicht einsam und verlassen zurück.

    Please do not leave me all alone and forsaken in this difficult time.

    Quick facts

    attributive_usage:When used before a noun, adjective endings are applied according to case and gender (e.g., 'ein einsam und verlassener Ort').
    rhetorical_device:Hendiadyoin / Zwillingsformel (binomial pair)

    Mnemonic

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    Example

    Nachdem all seine Freunde weggezogen waren, fühlte er sich einsam und verlassen.

    After all his friends had moved away, he felt lonely and abandoned.

    Das alte Haus stand einsam und verlassen am Rande des Waldes.

    The old house stood lonely and deserted on the edge of the forest.

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