CelloMike to [email protected] • 12 days agoIt's called a wedding ring, but surely it should be called a marriage ringmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up183arrow-down1message-squareIt's called a wedding ring, but surely it should be called a marriage ringCelloMike to [email protected] • 12 days agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•12 days agoIn german it is “Ehe-Ring” which literally translates to marriage ring
minus-squareThelsimlink5•12 days agoIn Dutch it’s called a trouwring, which as a verb literally translates to wedding ring, but as a noun also to loyalty ring. Which I find rather sweet.
minus-squareCelloMikeOPlinkfedilink2•edit-212 days agoOoh neat, think that’s from the same root as troth/betrothal in English too, proto German for truth & fidelity
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-212 days agoGerman also has Trauring (and related words) going back to that root. Although it’s rather archaic and not used nearly as much as Ehe or Heirat. And then there’s Hochzeit for just the ceremony. I never realized how many words we use for wedding…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•12 days agoIn Norwegian same thing: giftering, “the state of being married-ring”. Jeg er gift = i am married. It also means “I am poison”, though.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•12 days agoIs it then also the “state of being poisoned-ring”?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•10 days agoNo, a poison ring is a giftring, without the e. Don’t know why.
In german it is “Ehe-Ring” which literally translates to marriage ring
French as well - le bague de mariage
In Dutch it’s called a trouwring, which as a verb literally translates to wedding ring, but as a noun also to loyalty ring.
Which I find rather sweet.
Ooh neat, think that’s from the same root as troth/betrothal in English too, proto German for truth & fidelity
German also has Trauring (and related words) going back to that root. Although it’s rather archaic and not used nearly as much as Ehe or Heirat. And then there’s Hochzeit for just the ceremony.
I never realized how many words we use for wedding…
In Norwegian same thing: giftering, “the state of being married-ring”. Jeg er gift = i am married. It also means “I am poison”, though.
Is it then also the “state of being poisoned-ring”?
No, a poison ring is a giftring, without the e. Don’t know why.
Strange but interesting, thank you!😊