in die Ehe bringen

German

Etymology

Literally: “to bring into the marriage”.

Verb

in die Ehe bringen

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) to own at the time of one’s marriage some wealth, which becomes the common property of the married couple according to the traditional (now optional) German system of Gütergemeinschaft, that is full community property including property owned before the marriage
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) to have a child or children at the time of one’s marriage

Conjugation
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