hiiraate

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German hīrāten, from hīrāt (“marriage, wedding”). Cognate with German heiraten (“to marry”), English hird (“an informal retinue of personal armed companions”).

Verb

hiiraate

1. (Uri) to marry

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 24.