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Betekenis (English)

1. To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.
2. To take as one's spouse.
3. To take a spouse.
4. To take each other as a spouse.
5. To join or commit to, more or less permanently, as if in marriage.
6. To take to oneself and support; to espouse.
7. To wager, stake, bet, place a bet, make a wager.

Concepten

trouwen

in de echt verbinden

uithuwelijken

huwen

verenigen

zich in de echt verbinden

gehuwd

uithuwelijken

getrouwd

in het huwelijk treden

paren

Synonyms

marry

get married

espouse

give in marriage

conjoin

wedded

splice

be married

get hitched with

join

married

match

spouse

tie

wive

get hitched

hook up with

dedicate

confer

betroth

tie the knot

unite

conjugate

inaugurate

Wednesday

marry a wife

hallow

marry a man

miter

ordain

ordinate

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈwɛd/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: wedden

Inherited from Oudengels: weddian

Cognate with Schots: wed

Cognate with Saterfries: wädje

Cognate with Fries: wedzje

Cognate with Sanskriet: वधू

In summary

From Middle English wedden, weddien, from Old English weddian (“to pledge; wed”), from Proto-West Germanic *waddjōn, from Proto-Germanic *wadjōną (“to pledge”), from *wadją (“pledge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge”).
Cognate with Scots wed, wod, wad (“to wed”), Saterland Frisian wädje (“to bet, wager”), West Frisian wedzje (“to bet, wager”), Low German and Dutch wedden (“to bet”), German wetten (“to bet”), Danish vædde (“to bet”), Swedish vädja (“to appeal”), Icelandic veðja (“to bet”); more distantly, to Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́, “bride”). Related also to gage, engage, and wage.