huwelijk.
marriage
Meaning & usage
marriage
Hun huwelijk duurde meer dan vijftig jaar.
Het gelukkige paar vierde hun huwelijk met een groot feest.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch huwelic, huweleec, compound of huwen (“to marry”) + leec (“singing; playing, game”), thus originally referring to the wedding celebration (or less likely the sexual union). Cognate with Middle Low German hillik, Old High German hīleih.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.