Ehestand
German, noun/ˈeːəˌʃtant/
Ehestand is spelled E-H-E-S-T-A-N-D (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 205,761st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ehestand is a German masculine noun meaning “matrimony” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Status einer Person, die verehelicht ist”.
What does Ehestand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinematrimony
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Status einer Person, die verehelicht ist
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ehestand
- Ehestandes genitive
- Ehestands genitive
- Ehestände plural
- Ehestande dative singular
- Eheständen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ehestand?
- /ˈeːəˌʃtant/
- [ˈeːəˌʃtant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ehestand in German?
Ehestand appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).