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married couple
Two people who are married to each other. This can be a man and a woman or two people of the same gender.
Das Ehepaar Müller feierte letztes Wochenende seine Silberhochzeit.
The married couple Müller celebrated their silver wedding anniversary last weekend.
The word is made up of 'die Ehe' (marriage) and 'das Paar' (pair, couple). So it literally describes an 'Ehe-Paar' (married couple).
Das Ehepaar wohnt seit kurzem in unserer Straße.
The married couple recently moved onto our street.
Although 'Ehepaar' refers to two people, the noun is grammatically singular. Therefore, the verb is also singular.
Das junge Ehepaar reist gerne und hat schon viele Länder besucht.
The young married couple likes to travel and has already visited many countries.
'Das Ehepaar' is very often used together with a surname to talk about a specific couple.
Wir sind heute Abend beim Ehepaar Schmidt zum Essen eingeladen.
We are invited to dinner at the Schmidts' this evening.
pair / couple
'das Paar' and 'das Ehepaar' can both mean two people in a relationship. 'das Paar' is more general: the people may be married, but they do not have to be. 'das Ehepaar' is more specific and means that the two people are married to each other. The words can be confused because a married couple is also a couple. But not every couple is a married couple. When the marriage is important, 'Ehepaar' is more precise.
Neben uns wohnt ein älteres Ehepaar, das seit vierzig Jahren verheiratet ist.
An older married couple lives next to us; they have been married for forty years.
Das junge Paar sucht eine größere Wohnung in der Stadt.
The young couple is looking for a bigger apartment in the city.