unverheirateten
Unverheiratet is a German adjective describing a person who is not married. The form unverheirateten appears as an inflected variant in sentences, for example in phrases like unverheirateten Personen or unverheiratete Eltern. In sociological and statistical contexts the term is used to categorize individuals or groups who have never entered into a legal marriage or who are not currently married. It can be used descriptively and, in some texts, as a nominalized group label such as die Unverheirateten, though more common phrasing is unverheiratete Menschen.
In many German-speaking countries the share of people who remain unmarried has risen over recent decades. Explanations
Legal and practical implications accompany marital status. Marriage typically confers specific rights and obligations in areas
Terminology and usage vary slightly by country but share a common purpose: to distinguish people by civil