What does “verheiratet” mean in German?

Verheiratet is the everyday German adjective for “married.” It comes from heiraten (to marry) with the prefix ver-, which turns the act into a lasting state. So er ist verheiratet means he is in the state of being married. Crucially, the clip spells out exactly what that means: er hat eine Frau — he has a wife — giving you the word and its real-world meaning in the same breath.

The guessing game in the clip builds a character portrait one detail at a time — fat, bald, lazy, loves beer — and slips verheiratet into the list with an immediate gloss: der Mann ist verheiratet, er hat eine Frau. That repetition is the drill. Beyond “married,” heiraten gives you the related verb: Wann habt ihr geheiratet? (“When did you get married?”). The opposite is unverheiratet (unmarried) or the softer ledig (single). For relationship status on German forms, verheiratet is the standard checkbox word.