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/ === Noun === Heirat f (genitive Heirat, plural Heiraten) marrying; marriage; wedding (the act of marrying; the contracting of a marriage) Synonyms: Eheschließung, Trauung; (roughly) Hochzeit ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Ehe Heiratsantrag, Heiratsschwindel, Heiratsschwindler, Heiratsurkunde, Heiratsvermittler Liebesheirat, Selbstheirat, Schnellheirat, Zwangsheirat angeheiratet, verheiratet 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