to become a widow/widower
Nach dem Tod des Ehepartners in den Stand einer Witwe oder eines Witwers kommen.
To become a widow or widower after the death of a spouse.
☞ Obsolete or very formal; nowadays it is mostly used as a state (to be).
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Sie witwete nach dem plötzlichen Tod ihres Mannes.— She became a widow after her husband's sudden death.
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Er witwete bereits in jungen Jahren.— He became a widower at a young age.
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