"secede" in German to secede abfallen sich abspalten trennen Detailed translations for "secede" to secede 1. general to secede(also: to apostatize, to defect) abfallen{intransitive verb} 2. from to secede(also: to hive off, to sliver) sich abspalten{verb} to secede trennen{transitive verb} It's not every day that we secede from Earth. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Wir trennen uns von der Erde ja nicht täglich.