Definition
A celebration held when two people get married.
Translations
- English
- wedding
- Français
- mariage
- Türkçe
- düğün
- Polski
- ślub
- Русский
- свадьба
- Українська
- весілля
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Hochzeit
- A2
- Noun
- People & Family
- Leisure & Hobbies
- Society & Public Life
wedding
/diː ˈhoːxˌtsaɪt/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Hochzeiten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Topics
- People & FamilyPrimaryLeisure & HobbiesSociety & Public Life
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Hochzeit findet im Juni statt.NominativSing.The wedding takes place in June.
- Ich plane eine Hochzeit im kommenden Sommer.AkkusativSing.I am planning a wedding for next summer.
- Zur Hochzeit kommen viele Verwandte und Freunde.DativSing.Many relatives and friends are coming to the wedding.
- Die Vorbereitung der Hochzeit dauert mehrere Monate.GenitivSing.Preparing for the wedding takes several months.
- Hochzeiten verbinden oft Familien und Freunde.NominativPlur.Weddings often bring families and friends together.
- Viele Paare feiern ihre Hochzeiten im großen Kreis.AkkusativPlur.Many couples celebrate their weddings with a large gathering.
- Bei Hochzeiten gratuliert man den frisch Vermählten.DativPlur.At weddings, people congratulate the newlyweds.
- Die Gäste beider Hochzeiten kamen aus verschiedenen Städten.GenitivPlur.The guests at both weddings came from different cities.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Hochzeit/ˈhoːxˌtsaɪt/
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Article phrase
die Hochzeit/diː ˈhoːxˌtsaɪt/
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Plural
Hochzeiten/ˈhoːxˌtsaɪtən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Hochzeit | die Hochzeiten |
| Akkusativ | die Hochzeit | die Hochzeiten |
| Dativ | der Hochzeit | den Hochzeiten |
| Genitiv | der Hochzeit | der Hochzeiten |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Hochzeit feiern
- Prepositional constructionauf einer Hochzeitauf + Dativ
- Collocationzur Hochzeit gratulieren
- Collocationeine Hochzeit planen
- Sentence patternDie Hochzeit war wunderschön.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Semantically relatedEhefrau — wife
- Semantically relatedEhemann — husband
- Semantically relatedGeschenk — gift
- Semantically relatedGlückwunsch — congratulations
- Broader termFeier — celebration
- Related termFest — celebration
A Hochzeit is a Fest for a marriage ceremony; a Fest can also be held for other occasions.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Word family
- Hochzeitsfeier
- Hochzeitsgast