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German
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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
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.
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