Ehe
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German ē, ēwe, from Old High German ēwa, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw, from Proto-Germanic *aiwǭ, *aiwaz (“law, custom”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Ehe f (genitive Ehe, plural Ehen)
- marriage (state of being married; life as a married couple)
Declension edit
Declension of Ehe [feminine]
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *aiw (sense 2)
Noun edit
Ehe f (plural Ehen)