Ehe

See also: ehe, eĥe, èhʻè, and ęhę’

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German ē, ēwe, from Old High German ēwa, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw, from Proto-Germanic *aiwǭ, *aiwaz (“law, custom”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeːə/, [ˈʔeːə]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Ehe f (genitive Ehe, plural Ehen)

  1. marriage (state of being married; life as a married couple)

Declension
Declension of Ehe [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Ehe die Ehen
genitive einer der Ehe der Ehen
dative einer der Ehe den Ehen
accusative eine die Ehe die Ehen

Derived terms

See also

Further reading
  • “Ehe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Ehe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Ehe” in Duden online
  • Ehe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Plautdietsch

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *aiw (sense 2)

Noun

Ehe f (plural Ehen)

  1. marriage
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