born out of wedlock
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born out of wedlock
Born, conceived, or existing outside marriage. When referring to a child, 'unehelich' (born out of wedlock) means that the child's parents were not married to each other at the time of the child's birth.
Damals wurden uneheliche Kinder gesellschaftlich oft benachteiligt.
Back then, children born out of wedlock often faced social discrimination.
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Add the ending to unehelich.
'Unehelich' (born out of wedlock) is made up of 'un-' and 'ehelich' (marital); 'ehelich' comes from 'Ehe' (marriage) and the suffix '-lich'. Here, the prefix 'un-' indicates that something is outside marriage.
Im Roman wird das uneheliche Kind von der Familie geheim gehalten.
In the novel, the family keeps the child born out of wedlock a secret.
Common combinations include 'ein uneheliches Kind' (a child born out of wedlock), 'eine uneheliche Geburt' (a birth out of wedlock), and 'unehelich geboren sein' (to be born out of wedlock). The adjective often appears before words relating to family or historical contexts.
In der Biografie ist von einer unehelichen Geburt im 19. Jahrhundert die Rede.
The biography mentions a birth out of wedlock in the 19th century.
'Unehelich' (born out of wedlock) now sounds dated in many contexts and can carry a stigma. The word still occurs particularly in historical texts or descriptions of past social conditions.
Der Film zeigt, wie uneheliche Kinder früher gesellschaftlich behandelt wurden.
The film shows how children born out of wedlock used to be treated by society.
