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жени́ться

[ʐɨˈnʲit͡sːə]to get married, to take as a wife

Frequency rank #893 About 1 in every 10,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
жениться #893

Meaning

  1. to get married, to take as a wife
  2. to get married, to marry

Examples

Он жени́лся на Ка́те по любви́.

He married Katya for love.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • жени́тьсяinfinitive#2,246
  • жени́лсяmasculine, singular, past#3,496
  • же́нитсяsingular, 3rd person, present#7,479
  • женю́сьsingular, 1st person, present#8,758
  • же́нишьсяsingular, 2nd person, present#10,564
  • же́нятсяplural, 3rd person, present#18,022
  • же́нимсяplural, 1st person, present#18,897
  • жени́сьimperative, singular, 2nd person#21,567
  • же́нитесьplural, 2nd person, present#25,093
  • жени́лисьplural, past#25,711
  • же́нящийсяpresent, participle
  • жени́вшийсяpast, participle
  • женя́сьpresent, gerund
  • жени́вшисьpast, gerund

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