Hochzeit
German (Berlin)
/ˈhɔxˌt͡saɪ̯t/, /ˈhoːxˌt͡saɪ̯t/
noun
Definitions
- wedding, marriage a ceremony in which people are married and/or a celebration thereof
- (card games) Both queens of clubs; used in a player’s announcement that they were dealt both queens of clubs and that the first player to win a non-trump trick will join their side
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German hōchzīt, hōchgezīt.
Origin
Middle High German
hōchzīt, hōchgezīt
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- high English
- hightide English
- tide English
- -en German
- Elefant German
- Elefantenhochzeit German
- Gold German
- Goldhochzeit German
- Hochzeitskleid German
- Hochzeitstag German
- Hochzeitstorte German
- Kleid German
- Silber German
- Silberhochzeit German
- Tag German
- Torte German
- Vogel German
- Vogelhochzeit German
- hoch German
- hochzeitlich German
- zeitlich German
- høy Norwegian Bokmål
- høytid Norwegian Bokmål
- høytidelig Norwegian Bokmål
- tid Norwegian Bokmål
- *silubrą Proto-Germanic
- högtid Swedish
- högtidlig Swedish
- hegtide Middle English
- hōchzīt, hōchgezīt Middle High German
- höghtiþ Old Swedish
- hoch Hunsrik
- hochtsayt Hunsrik
- tsayt Hunsrik