1.2 Partnerschaft und Ehe

• Arbeitsaufteilung


  Division of labor in a relationship or family
• Ehe

  Marriage between two people
• Ehe auflösen


  To dissolve a marriage
• Beziehung


  Relationship between two people
• Befragte


  Person being interviewed or surveyed
• Berufsleben

  Professional life or career
• Beziehungsfähig


  Capable of being in a relationship
• Brotverdiener


  Breadwinner, the person who earns the income for the family
• Egoistisch


  Selfish, concerned primarily with one's own interests
• Ehrgeizig

  Ambitious, having a strong desire to succeed
• Eigenschaften


  Characteristics or qualities
• Familie gründen


  To start a family
• Eingetragene Partnerschaft


  Registered partnership, a legal recognition of a committed relationship
• Einpersonenhaushalt


  Single-person household
• Ergänzen


  To complement or complete each other
• Erstrebenswert


  Desirable, worth pursuing
• Erwerbstätigkeit

  Employment, the act of working for a living
• Finanziell unabhängig

  Financially independent
• Geborgenes Zuhause


  Safe and secure home
• Geburtenrate


  Birth rate, the number of births per 1,000 people in a population
• Gegenseitig


  Mutual, reciprocal
• Gemeinsame Interessen


  Shared interests
• Geschieden


  Divorced, no longer married
• Geschlechterrolle


  Gender role, societal expectations of behavior based on gender
• Getrennt leben


  To live apart or separately
• Gleichberechtigung

  Equal rights and opportunities
• Hals über Kopf verliebt sein


  To be head over heels in love
• Hinterfragen


  To question or doubt
• Individualisierung


  Individualization, the process of becoming more independent and self-reliant
• Interessen teilen


  To share interests
• Kinderlos


  Childless, without children
• Lebensgefährte

  Life partner, a person with whom one shares a romantic relationship
• Mutter-/Vaterschaftsurlaub


  Maternity/paternity leave, time off from work to care for a newborn
• Nichtehelich

  Non-marital, not legally married
• Online-Partnerbörse


  Online dating platform
• Paarungswütig


  Eager to find a partner or mate
• Pluralisierung

  Pluralization, the increase in diverse family forms
• Profil


  Profile, a description or representation of oneself
• Rollenverständnis

  Understanding of gender roles
• Scheidung


  Divorce, the legal termination of a marriage