Honeymoon

A time is called immediately after the wedding as a honeymoon, the couple spends together. The honeymooners are often connected to a honeymoon. The term second honeymoon is sometimes used when a pair means a trip would revive his marriage new.

Etymology

The term probably comes not (as the linguist Jacob Grimm believed ) of the spangles of the bride hood, but ( " caress " ) of the Old High German filtarazan and the Middle High German gevlitter ( " secret laughter " ) or vlittern ( " giggle, whisper, caress " ) from. In the economic Encyclopedia of Krünitz of 1858 it is said to define a honeymoon is ( quote) " in jest, the first weeks of married life, where mutual tenderness still shew at full strength; in which sense you also need probably the Flittermonat when otherwise this tenderness reached a period of one month. " Again, it is assumed that the term ( quote)" [ ... ] either because the young women in the first week nor with sequins -studded nuptial hood and wore ribbons, or from a more usual in Nuremberg, and already mentioned, habit, as it is wont to scatter at a wedding before the bride's house spangles " back.

According to the English term Honeymoon Honey Month and especially honey moon is mainly used in literature, which are also old names for July.

Honeymoon behavior

Germany

According to a study by a private provider of honeymoons from 2009 with 108 participating couples make 91 % of the German wedding couples a honeymoon, of which 64 % within one month after the wedding, while 36% perform the so-called honeymoon until later.

Another study on honeymoon from 2013 shows that honeymoon still have a great importance for newly wed couples: almost 95 % of the 147 participants in the survey indicated that they are planning a honeymoon or have already taken a honeymoon. 44% percent of couples travel there immediately after their wedding. The most popular destinations are located in the Indian Ocean: 32% of respondents said that they will spend their honeymoon in the Maldives or spent there, 23 % and 17% prefer Mauritius, the Seychelles. About 37 % of couples are willing to spend € 2000 to € 4000 for their honeymoon. 15 % have even earmarked a budget of 4000 € to 6000 €.

Austria

A study from 2011 shows that go from 207 surveyed couples on honeymoon 94.7 %, of which 76 % within the first month after the wedding. 71.5 % of respondents are willing to spend over 3000 € for their trip, 29 % even over 5000 €. Most popular continent for the honeymoon, the Austrian is Europe, which is at 50% at the top, followed by Africa and Asia. 24.4 % of couples do the journey within Austria.

Film

A movie called honeymoon by Klaus Lemke was filmed in 1980 and shown in 1982 on German television.