English-Dutch translations for marriage

• huwelijk
  Betreft: Het begrip huwelijk in de EU Subject: Concept of marriage in the EU
  A en B willen hun huwelijk ontbinden. A and B wish to dissolve their marriage.
  Ook wordt verkrachting binnen het huwelijk nu als misdaad aangemerkt. Also, rape within marriage is now a crime.
• echt
  Zoals mevrouw Gebhardt heeft gezegd, is Rome III echt bedoeld om bij het sluiten van huwelijkscontracten de zwakste huwelijkspartners te beschermen. As Mrs Gebhardt said, Rome III really has at its heart the intention of protecting the weaker spouse at the point when marriage contracts are being concluded.
• bruiloft
  Een pijpleiding is als een bruiloft. A pipeline is rather like a marriage.
• huwelijkssluiting
  Juist de rechtszekerheid van burgers op het gebied van huwelijkssluiting en echtscheiding, hetgeen vaak emotionele gebeurtenissen zijn, wordt in het overheidsbeleid steeds belangrijker. Legal certainty for citizens in areas such as marriage and divorce, which often involve highly emotional issues, is increasingly important in areas of policy.
• huwelijksvoltrekking

Definition of marriage

• The state of being married. etymonline actually has the original sense as "act of marrying", distinct from "wedding"--
• A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, and/or religious rights and responsibilities.
• A homosexual relationship between male prisoners
• A close union.
• A joining of two parts
• In solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above or below it in value

Examples

• You should enter marriage for love
• My grandparents marriage lasted for forty years.
• Pat and Leslies marriage to each other lasted forty years.
• You are cordially invited to the marriage of James Smith and Jane Doe.

Related words

• intermarriage
• marriageable
• remarriage
• marriageability
• marriagelike
• antimarriage
• mismarriage
• marriage finger
• marriage counsellor