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verheiraten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • marry verb To become someone's husband or wife in a legal or religious ceremony.
  • wed verb To marry someone, or to conduct a marriage ceremony joining two people.

Senses

verheiraten is used for these senses in English:

  • get married (intransitive) To become married (to someone).
  • get married (reciprocal, intransitive) To become married (to each other).
  • marry (transitive) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place. [from 16th c.]
  • marry off (idiomatic) To successfully arrange the marriage of someone, especially a relative.
  • wed (transitive) To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.

marry — full definition

  1. verb To become someone's husband or wife in a legal or religious ceremony.
  2. verb To combine or join two things closely together.

wed — full definition

  1. verb To marry someone, or to conduct a marriage ceremony joining two people.
  2. verb To commit permanently to something, as if bound to it by marriage.
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