Comment on It's called a wedding ring, but surely it should be called a marriage ring
thelsim@sh.itjust.works 2 months 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.
Mwallerby@startrek.website 2 months ago
Ooh neat, think that’s from the same root as troth/betrothal in English too, proto German fir truth & fidelity
bob_lemon@feddit.org 2 months ago
German also has Trauring (and related wird) 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…