separat
separate
Spatially or factually separated from something else; individual and not connected or mixed.
EXAMPLE
Bitte reichen Sie die Dokumente in zwei separaten Umschlägen ein.
Please submit the documents in two separate envelopes.
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Adjective and adverb
'Separat' (separate/separately) can stand before a noun as an adjective or be used as an adverb to modify a verb. As an adverb, it remains unchanged.
EXAMPLE
Wir hätten gern zwei separate Rechnungen.
We would like two separate bills.
Typical use
In everyday life, you often hear the word in restaurants when asking how people would like to pay. The question 'Zusammen oder separat?' (Together or separately?) means whether one person pays for everything or each person gets their own bill.
EXAMPLE
Kellner: „Zahlen Sie zusammen oder separat?“
Waiter: 'Are you paying together or separately?'
Typical collocations
Common combinations are 'separate Zimmer' (separate rooms), 'separate Eingänge' (separate entrances), or actions such as 'etwas separat halten' (to keep something separate), 'separat waschen' (to wash separately), or 'separat verpacken' (to package separately).
EXAMPLE
Die weiße Wäsche solltest du immer separat waschen.
You should always wash the white laundry separately.
Compare with
separat vs einzeln
individual / separate
Einzeln and separat can both be used for things that are not dealt with together. Einzeln emphasizes the individual people or items and the possibility of dealing with them one after another, while separat emphasizes their separation from other material. Use einzeln for task by task and separat for clearly separate storage or processing.
separat
Wir bearbeiten die Aufgaben separat von den übrigen Unterlagen und legen sie in einen eigenen Ordner.
We process the tasks separately from the other documents and put them in a separate folder.
einzeln
Wir bearbeiten die Aufgaben einzeln und prüfen jede Lösung sofort.
We work on the tasks individually and check each solution right away.
In real life
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