in die Ehe bringen

German edit

Etymology edit

Literally, "to bring into the marriage".

Verb edit

in die Ehe bringen (irregular weak, third-person singular present bringt in die Ehe, past tense brachte in die Ehe, past participle in die Ehe gebracht, past subjunctive brächte in die Ehe, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) to own at the time of one’s marriage some wealth, which becomes the common property of the married couple according to the traditional (now optional) German system of Gütergemeinschaft, that is full community property including property owned before the marriage
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) to have a child or children at the time of one’s marriage

Conjugation edit