Heirat

German

Alternative forms

  • Heyrat (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German hīrāt, from Old High German hīrāt (“wedding; marriage”), from Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād. Cognate with Old English hīred (“family, household”). More at hird.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ̯ˌʁaːt/, /haɪ̯.ʁat/
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Noun

Heirat f (genitive Heirat, plural Heiraten)

  1. marrying; marriage; wedding (the act of marrying; the contracting of a marriage)
    Synonyms: Eheschließung, Trauung; (roughly) Hochzeit
    Durch die Heirat mit einer Bürgerlichen verlor er seinen Rang in der Thronfolge.
    By marrying a commoner, he lost his place in the line of succession.

Declension

Declension of Heirat [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Heirat die Heiraten
genitive einer der Heirat der Heiraten
dative einer der Heirat den Heiraten
accusative eine die Heirat die Heiraten

Further reading

  • “Heirat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Heirat” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Heirat” in Duden online
  • Heirat on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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