This article presents evaluations obtained from the survey “Familienleitbilder in Deutschland” (family-related principles in Germany) and focuses on relationship-related ideal concepts. In detail, (a) the prevalence of certain ideas of a normal relationship among the younger German population, (b) the anticipation of social partnership norms and the divergences between anticipated societal and subjective individual ideas and (c) the correlation of subjective partnership ideas and the bundling to certain types of partnership models that can be derived from them by means of main component analyses are considered. The assumption that young people are more associative and have a rather optimistic image of partnership is confirmed. However, it is also shown that public opinion as a whole is perceived more conventionally and a more unstable pessimistic picture of partnership is seen in society. In addition, there are some ideas that are considered valid by many young adults, both individually and socially: For instance, according to the majority of respondents, people only find their happiness in firm and stable relationships. Among the young population, mutual love, fulfilled sexuality, individual freedom and financial security form a widespread value foundation of Leitbild components for a successful relationship. Relationship models could be identified which are referred to as associative-modern, fusion-oriented, bourgeois-conventional and marriage-rejecting unstable.