Heirat
dieNounmarriage; wedding
English translations
- 01
marriage, wedding
- 02
wedding
- 03
marriage
Word details
- German meaning
- Die Heirat ist die rechtliche oder formelle Vereinigung zweier Personen als Ehepartner.
- English meaning
- marriage
- Synonym
- Ehe
- German example
- Ihre Heirat fand in einer romantischen Zeremonie statt.
- English example
- Their marriage took place in a romantic ceremony.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- die
- Singular Form
- die Heirat
- Plural Form
- die Heiraten
Related words
- Heiratsschwindler
Marriage fraudster
- Heiratsschwindler
con artist
- Zwangsheirat
forced marriage
- Wiederheirat
Heirat
- unverheiratet
unattached
- ungeheiratet
unverheiratet
- unverheiratet
singlet
- ungeheiratet
unmarried
- unverheiratet
unmarried
- wieder heiraten
heiraten
- wiederverheiraten
to remarry
- unverheiratet
single
- wiederverheiraten
remarried
- verheirat
to marry
- verheiraten
to marry
- wiederverheiratet
heiraten
- Neuverheiratete/r
neuverheiratet
- heiraten
to marry
- Heiratsvermittler
Matchmaker
- Heiratsschwindler
A marriage swindler is a person who deceives other people under the pretense of marriage in order to enrich themselves financially.
- Heiratsschwindel
Romance scam
- Heiratsantrag
A marriage proposal is the formal question of whether someone wants to get married.
- Heiratsgut
Dowry refers to the property or money that a bride or her family provides to the husband or the marriage to secure the economic basis of the marriage.
- Heiratsurkunde
Marriage certificate
- heirathen
To marry
- Heirath
Marriage
- verheiratet
married
- Selbstheirat
Self-marriage is a symbolic ceremony where a person marries themselves to celebrate self-love and independence.
- verheiraten
To marry
- Zwangsheirat
Forced marriage, a marriage that takes place without the free and informed consent of both parties.
- Stiftsfräulein
Canoness
- Eheschliessung
Marriage ceremony
- Eheschließung
Marriage
- Familie
Family
- antragen
propose
- verschwägern
to become related by marriage
- verehelichen
To marry
- ledig
Single
- ehelich
Marital
- verschwägert
Related by marriage
- unbeweibt
Unmarried
- knien
to kneel
- Bastard
Bastard
- Maid
Maid (archaic)
- Miss
Miss
- Hochzeit
Wedding
- Hochzeit
Wedding
Example sentences with “Heirat”
Die Heirat findet im Sommer statt. (The wedding takes place in summer.)
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between 'Heirat' and 'Hochzeit'?
'Heirat' refers to the act or state of marriage, while 'Hochzeit' specifically refers to the wedding ceremony.