In celebration of the royal wedding, I would like to take the opportunity to give you some vocabulary on that topic.<\/p>\n
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Before two people sich das Ja-Wort geben <\/em><\/strong>(tie the knot) they verloben sich<\/em><\/strong> (get engaged). The symbol of the Verlobung<\/em><\/strong> (engagement) in the Verlobungsring<\/em><\/strong> (engagement ring).<\/p>\n On the Hochzeitstag<\/em><\/strong> (wedding day), the two most important people are, of course, the Braut<\/em><\/strong> (bride) and the Br\u00e4utigam<\/em><\/strong> (groom).<\/p>\n People, mostly women, are always very excited about how the bride does look in her Brautkleid<\/em><\/strong> (wedding dress). What colour is the dress, does it have a Schleier<\/em><\/strong> (veil) and a Schleppe<\/em><\/strong> (trail), or not?<\/p>\n Am Tag der Hochzeit<\/em><\/strong> (on the day of the wedding) it is important that the groom does not forget to bring the Eheringe<\/em><\/strong> (wedding bands) with him. The wedding bands are the symbol of affinity.<\/p>\n Usually the bride wird zum Traualtar gef\u00fchrt<\/em><\/strong> (is lead to the altar) by her father. \u00a0In Germany you may, of course, have a kirchliche Trauung<\/em><\/strong> (church\u00a0 marriage), but to legalize the marriage you always need to have a standesamtliche Trauung<\/em><\/strong> (civil marriage), too. After the Trauung vollzogen ist<\/em><\/strong> (wedding is officiated; wedding is solemnized), the Hochzeitsg\u00e4ste<\/em><\/strong> (wedding guests) are looking forward the Hochzeitstorte<\/em><\/strong> (wedding cake).<\/p>\n In Germany, it is very common to celebrate Polterabend<\/em><\/strong> (eve-of-wedding party). Family members and friends bring along a lot of porcelain, like cups, plates, bowls, and even wash basins and tiles, for example, and smash then on the ground. Then, the furture bridal couple have to sweep up the broken fragments. This rite answers the purpose to banish evil spirits and that the bride an groom will also work together in hard times during there hopefully lifelong lucky marriage.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now, I would like to know if you watch the royal wedding. Did you like it?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n sich das Ja-Wort geben \u2013 to tie the knot<\/p>\n sich verloben \u2013 get engaged<\/p>\n der Verlobungsring \u2013 engagement ring<\/p>\n der Hochzeitstag \u2013 wedding day<\/p>\n die Braut \u2013 bride<\/p>\n der Br\u00e4utigam \u2013 groom<\/p>\n das Hochzeitskleid \u2013 wedding dress<\/p>\n der (Braut-)Schleier \u2013 (bridal) veil<\/p>\n die (Braut-)Schleppe \u2013 (bridal) trail<\/p>\n der Ehering \u2013 wedding band<\/p>\n jmd. zum Traualtar f\u00fchren \u2013 to sb. To the altar<\/p>\n kirchliche Trauung \u2013 church marriage<\/p>\n standesamtliche Trauung . civil marriage<\/p>\n Eine Trauung vollziehen \u2013 to officiate a wedding; to solemnize a wedding<\/p>\n der Hochzeitsgast \u2013 wedding guest<\/p>\n die Hochzeitstorte \u2013 wedding cake<\/p>\n der Polterabend – eve-of-wedding party<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In celebration of the royal wedding, I would like to take the opportunity to give you some vocabulary on that topic. Before two people sich das Ja-Wort geben (tie the knot) they verloben sich (get engaged). The symbol of the Verlobung (engagement) in the Verlobungsring (engagement ring). On the Hochzeitstag (wedding day), the two…<\/p>\n