See also: ehe, eĥe, èhʻè, and ęhę’

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

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

Noun edit

Ehe f (genitive Ehe, plural Ehen)

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

Declension edit

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)

  1. marriage