Hochzeit

From Middle High German hōchzīt, hōchgezīt, from (only plural) hōhūn gizīti (“high celebration”), equivalent to hoch (“high”) +‎ Zeit (“time”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔxˌt͡saɪ̯t/

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• Hyphenation: Hoch‧zeit

Hochzeit f (genitive Hochzeit, plural Hochzeiten)

1. wedding, marriage (a ceremony in which people are married and/or a celebration thereof)

   Die Hochzeit der Oscar-Preisträgerin war tagelang Hauptthema in der Klatschpresse.

   The Oscar award winner’s wedding was the main topic of the yellow press for days.

2. (card games, in Doppelkopf) the state of having been dealt both queens of clubs; used in a player’s announcement that they were dealt these and that the first player to win a non-trump trick will join their side

   Ich hab Hochzeit. Der erste Fehl geht mit.

   I have both queens of clubs. The first non-trump joins me.

• hochzeitlich

• Ehe
• Heirat

hoch (“high”) +‎ Zeit (“time”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːxˌt͡saɪ̯t/

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• Hyphenation: Hoch‧zeit

Hochzeit f (genitive Hochzeit, plural Hochzeiten)

1. heyday, height

   Es war die Hochzeit der Azteken.

   It was the heyday of the Aztecs.

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• hochtsayt (Wiesemann spelling)

Borrowed from German Hochzeit.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoxˌt͡saɪ̯t/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯t
• Syllabification: Hoch‧zeit

Hochzeit f (plural Hochzeite)

1. wedding (marriage ceremony)

• Heirat (“marriage”)