Hochzeit

Meaning

1. (feminine) wedding, marriage (a ceremony in which people are married and/or a celebration thereof)
2. (feminine) the state of having been dealt both queens of clubs; used in a player’s announcement that they were dealt these and that the first player to win a non-trump trick will join their side

Concepts

wedding

marriage

nuptials

matrimony

marriage ceremony

hymeneals

wedding ceremony

wedlock

celebration

congratulations

congratulatory gift

tip

golden age

bridal

intermarriage

ceremony

Hyphenated as

Hoch‧zeit

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɔxˌt͡saɪ̯t/

Etymology

From Middle High German hōchzīt, hōchgezīt, from (only plural) hōhūn gizīti (“high celebration”), equivalent to hoch (“high”) + Zeit (“time”).

Sentences

Katharina sollte ihren Vater nach der Hochzeit niemals mehr wiedersehen .

Katharina was never to see her father again after the wedding.

Nach schenkte Leas Vater Laban seiner Tochter diese Magd zur Hochzeit .

After Leah's father Laban gave this maid to his daughter for her wedding.