Zwangsehe
German, noun/ˈt͡svaŋs.eːə/
Zwangsehe is spelled Z-W-A-N-G-S-E-H-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 132,783rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zwangsehe is a German feminine noun meaning “forced marriage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unter Zwang geschlossene Ehe, gegen den Willen eines oder beider Heiratender stattfindende Eheschließung”.
What does Zwangsehe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineforced marriage
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unter Zwang geschlossene Ehe, gegen den Willen eines oder beider Heiratender stattfindende Eheschließung
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 Zwangsehe
- Zwangsehen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zwangsehe?
- /ˈt͡svaŋs.eːə/
- [ˈt͡svaŋsˌʔeːə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zwangsehe in German?
Zwangsehe appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).