Heiraten Examples, Sentences and Quiz in German
How do you actually use heiraten — “to marry” — in a real sentence? This page shows you: twelve example sentences across the tenses, a short dialogue, the mistakes learners make most often with this verb, and a quiz to test yourself. Every German form on this page comes from VerbFlow’s verified conjugation tables for heiraten. Start with the simplest sentence: “Er heiratet im Juni in Berlin.” — “He gets married in June in Berlin.”
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for heiraten, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.
Heiraten in real sentences
Twelve sentences with heiraten, covering the present, the Präteritum, the Perfekt, the Plusquamperfekt, the future, Konjunktiv I and II, and the imperative. Say each one aloud, then cover the German and try to produce it from the English.
- “Ich heirate im Juni in Berlin.” — “I get married in June in Berlin.”
- “Du heiratest im Juni in Berlin.” — “You get married in June in Berlin.”
- “Er heiratet im Juni in Berlin.” — “He gets married in June in Berlin.”
- “Ich heiratete im Juni in Berlin.” — “I got married in June in Berlin.”
- “Wir heirateten im Juni in Berlin.” — “We got married in June in Berlin.”
- “Ich habe im Juni in Berlin geheiratet.” — “I have got married in June in Berlin.”
- “Du hast im Juni in Berlin geheiratet.” — “You have got married in June in Berlin.”
- “Ich hatte im Juni in Berlin geheiratet.” — “I had got married in June in Berlin.”
- “Wir werden im Juni in Berlin heiraten.” — “We will get married in June in Berlin.”
- “Ich werde im Juni in Berlin geheiratet haben.” — “I will have got married in June in Berlin.”
- “Es ist wichtig, dass ich im Juni in Berlin heirate.” — “It is important that I get married in June in Berlin.”
- “Ich heiratete im Juni in Berlin.” — “I would get married in June in Berlin if I could.”
- “Ich hätte im Juni in Berlin geheiratet.” — “I would have got married in June in Berlin if I had been able to.”
- “Heirate im Juni in Berlin!” — “Get married in June in Berlin!”
A short dialogue with heiraten
Anna and Ben talk about their plans. Every form of heiraten in the dialogue comes from the verified tables — read it aloud, changing the person each time.
Anna: “Du heiratest im Juni in Berlin?” — “You get married in June in Berlin?”
Ben: “Ich heirate im Juni in Berlin.” — “I get married in June in Berlin.”
Anna: “Du hast im Juni in Berlin geheiratet?” — “You have got married in June in Berlin?”
Ben: “Ich habe im Juni in Berlin geheiratet.” — “I have got married in June in Berlin.”
Anna: “Du wirst im Juni in Berlin heiraten?” — “You will get married in June in Berlin?”
Ben: “Ich werde im Juni in Berlin heiraten.” — “I will get married in June in Berlin.”
Anna: “Heirate im Juni in Berlin!” — “Get married in June in Berlin!”
Ben: “Ich heirate im Juni in Berlin.” — “I get married in June in Berlin.”
Notice how the verb changes with the person and the tense while the meaning stays the same: heirate, heiratest, habe geheiratet, werde heiraten. If you can follow this dialogue without looking at the tables, you know heiraten well enough to use it.
Common mistakes
1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form
✗ Wrong: “Ich heiraten im Juni in Berlin.”
✓ Right: “Ich heirate im Juni in Berlin.”
The infinitive heiraten never takes a subject. After ich you need the conjugated present form heirate.
2. Confusing heiraten with sich verlieben
✗ Wrong: “Ich sich verlieben im Juni in Berlin.” (using the wrong verb)
✓ Right: “Ich heirate im Juni in Berlin.”
heiraten means “to marry”; sich verlieben means “to fall in love”. Keep the two verbs apart by their meaning, not by their sound.
3. Using the present for a finished past event
✗ Wrong: “Ich heirate im Juni in Berlin.”
✓ Right: “Ich habe im Juni in Berlin geheiratet.”
Yesterday’s finished event needs the Perfekt (habe geheiratet), not the present.
4. Using the indicative after a Konjunktiv I trigger
✗ Wrong: “Es ist wichtig, dass er im Juni in Berlin heiratet.”
✓ Right: “Es ist wichtig, dass er im Juni in Berlin heirate.”
After es ist wichtig, dass German needs Konjunktiv I, so use heirate here, not the indicative heiratet.
Quiz: test yourself
What is the ich form of heiraten in the Present (Präsens)?
- A) heirate
- B) heiratest
- C) heiraten
- D) heiratet
What is the er/sie/es form of heiraten in the Present (Präsens)?
- A) heiraten
- B) heiratest
- C) heirate
- D) heiratet
What is the du form of heiraten in the Preterite (Präteritum)?
- A) heiratete
- B) heiratetest
- C) heiratetet
- D) heirateten
What is the wir form of heiraten in the Perfect (Perfekt)?
- A) habe geheiratet
- B) hast geheiratet
- C) haben geheiratet
- D) habt geheiratet
What is the ich form of heiraten in the Future (Futur I)?
- A) werden heiraten
- B) werde heiraten
- C) wirst heiraten
- D) wird heiraten
What is the du form of heiraten in the Konjunktiv II?
- A) heiratetest
- B) heirateten
- C) heiratete
- D) heiratetet
What is the ich form of heiraten in the Conditional perfect?
- A) hätten geheiratet
- B) hätte geheiratet
- C) hättest geheiratet
- D) hättet geheiratet
What is the past participle of heiraten?
- A) heirate
- B) heiratete
- C) heiratend
- D) geheiratet
What is the present participle of heiraten?
- A) werde heiraten
- B) heiratend
- C) geheiratet
- D) heirate
What does heiraten mean in English?
- A) to fall in love
- B) to marry
- C) to come
- D) to do
Answer key
- A) heirate — the ich form of heiraten in the present tense is heirate.
- D) heiratet — the er/sie/es form of heiraten in the present tense is heiratet.
- B) heiratetest — the du form of heiraten in the preterite is heiratetest.
- C) haben geheiratet — the wir form of heiraten in the Perfekt is haben geheiratet.
- B) werde heiraten — the ich form of heiraten in the Futur I is werde heiraten.
- A) heiratetest — the du form of heiraten in the Konjunktiv II is heiratetest.
- B) hätte geheiratet — the ich form of heiraten in the conditional perfect is hätte geheiratet.
- D) geheiratet — the past participle of heiraten is geheiratet; perfect tenses use haben + geheiratet.
- B) heiratend — the present participle of heiraten is heiratend.
- B) to marry — heiraten means “to marry” in English.
Frequently asked questions
What does heiraten mean in English?
heiraten means “to marry”. The examples above show it in everyday situations — for example, “Er heiratet im Juni in Berlin.” (“He gets married in June in Berlin.”).
Is heiraten regular or irregular?
heiraten is regular: its endings follow the standard weak pattern in every tense. The full tables are on the conjugation page.
How do I use heiraten in the Perfekt?
Use haben + the past participle geheiratet: “Ich habe im Juni in Berlin geheiratet.” — “I have got married in June in Berlin.” The full Perfekt table is on the conjugation page.
Related pages
- heiraten conjugation — the full conjugation tables for this verb in every tense.
- heiraten in the present tense — the full table and uses for this verb in one tense.
- German verbs — the full hub of German conjugation pages.
- German present tense guide — how this tense works for regular verbs.
- Einladen conjugation — another German verb to practise with.
- Treffen conjugation — another German verb to practise with.
- Spanish verbs — the full hub of Spanish conjugation pages.
- French verbs — the full hub of French conjugation pages.
- Verb Conjugator — practise heiraten with the interactive tool.
- Verb Quiz — practise heiraten with the interactive tool.
- Present Tense Conjugator — practise the present tense with the interactive tool.
- VerbFlow home — back to the start.