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)

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

Related terms

Ehe
Heiratsantrag, Heiratsschwindel, Heiratsschwindler, Heiratsurkunde, Heiratsvermittler
Liebesheirat, Selbstheirat, Schnellheirat, Zwangsheirat
angeheiratet, verheiratet

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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