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Emil's sister is getting married on Saturday.
Emils Schwester heiratet am Samstag. Emil's sister is getting married on Saturday.

verb · A1

heiraten

[ˈhaɪ̯ʁaːtn̩]

to marry, to get married

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Other Examples

  • Ich heirate nächstes Jahr.

    I'm getting married next year.

  • Wann heiratest du?

    When are you getting married?

  • Wir heiraten im Mai.

    We're getting married in May.

  • Heiratet ihr in einer Kirche?

    Are you getting married in a church?

  • Wann haben Sie geheiratet, Frau Hilde?

    When did you get married, Frau Hilde?

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es heiratet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es heiratete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat geheiratet The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich heirateheiratetehabe geheiratet
du heiratestheiratetesthast geheiratet
er/sie/es heiratetheiratetehat geheiratet
wir heiratenheiratetenhaben geheiratet
ihr heiratetheiratetethabt geheiratet
sie/Sie heiratenheiratetenhaben geheiratet
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte geheiratetwerde heiratenwerde geheiratet haben
du hattest geheiratetwirst heiratenwirst geheiratet haben
er/sie/es hatte geheiratetwird heiratenwird geheiratet haben
wir hatten geheiratetwerden heiratenwerden geheiratet haben
ihr hattet geheiratetwerdet heiratenwerdet geheiratet haben
sie/Sie hatten geheiratetwerden heiratenwerden geheiratet haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich heiratete
du heiratetest
er/sie/es heiratete
wir heirateten
ihr heiratetet
sie/Sie heirateten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde heiraten.

Person Imperativ
du heirate!
ihr heiratet!
Sie heiraten Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

heirat root en ending

-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

die Heiratverheiratet

In Otti's situations: Frau Hilde tells stories

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