Schwägerin

German

Etymology

Schwager +‎ -in. Cognate with Hunsrik Schwehrin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvɛːɡəʁɪn/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃveːɡəʁɪn/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Schwä‧ge‧rin

Noun

Schwägerin f (genitive Schwägerin, plural Schwägerinnen, masculine Schwager)

  1. sister-in-law
    Ist diese Schwägerin die Frau Ihres Bruders oder die Schwester Ihrer Frau?
    Is this sister-in-law your brothers’s wife or your wife’s sister?
  2. (loosely) in-law; a fairly distant relative by marriage
    Das ist irgendeine entfernte Schwägerin von mir.
    She’s some distant in-law of mine.

Declension

Declension of Schwägerin [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Schwägerin die Schwägerinnen
genitive einer der Schwägerin der Schwägerinnen
dative einer der Schwägerin den Schwägerinnen
accusative eine die Schwägerin die Schwägerinnen

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