Heiratskandidat
German, noun/ˈhaɪ̯ʁaːt͡skandiˌdaːt/
Heiratskandidat is spelled H-E-I-R-A-T-S-K-A-N-D-I-D-A-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written German, the 482,822nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heiratskandidat is a German masculine noun meaning “courter (person who courts; person who plays the lover, or solicits in marriage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die heiraten soll/wird”.
What does Heiratskandidat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecourter (person who courts; person who plays the lover, or solicits in marriage)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die heiraten soll/wird
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 Heiratskandidat
- Heiratskandidaten genitive
- Heiratskandidatin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Heiratskandidat?
- /ˈhaɪ̯ʁaːt͡skandiˌdaːt/
- [ˈhaɪ̯ʁaːt͡skandiˌdaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Heiratskandidat in German?
Heiratskandidat appears about once in every 62 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).