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 ˈhɔxˌt͡saɪ̯t/
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
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- People & FamilyPrimaryLeisure & HobbiesSociety & Public Life
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Hochzeit ist hier das Thema.NominativSing.The topic here is “wedding”.
- Der Text nennt die Hochzeit.AkkusativSing.The text mentions “wedding”.
- Der Text handelt von der Hochzeit.DativSing.The text is about “wedding”.
- Mehrere Hochzeiten werden hier genannt.NominativPlur.Several examples related to “wedding” are mentioned here.
- Der Text nennt mehrere Hochzeiten.AkkusativPlur.The text mentions several examples related to “wedding”.
- Der Text handelt von mehreren Hochzeiten.DativPlur.The text is about several examples related to “wedding”.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Hochzeit/ˈhɔxˌt͡saɪ̯t/
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Article phrase
die Hochzeit/diː ˈhɔxˌt͡saɪ̯t/
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Plural
Hochzeiten/ˈhoːxˌt͡saɪ̯tən/
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
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Semantically relatedEhefrau — wife
A Ehefrau is associated with the Hochzeit as a celebration; however, the Hochzeit refers to the event, not to a person involved.
- Semantically relatedEhemann — husband
A Hochzeit is a celebration of a marriage ceremony; a Ehemann is a married man. Not every Ehemann refers to a specific Hochzeit.
- Semantically relatedGeschenk — gift
- Semantically relatedGlückwunsch — congratulations
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word