Schwager

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German swāger, from Old High German swāger, swāgur, from Proto-West Germanic *swāgr, from Proto-Germanic *swēgraz (“husband's brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *swēḱurós (“brother-in-law”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros (“husband's father”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃvaːɡər/, [ˈʃʋaː.ɡɐ] === Noun === Schwager m (strong, genitive Schwagers, plural Schwäger or (rarely) Schwager, feminine Schwägerin) brother-in-law (loosely) in-law; a fairly distant relative by marriage ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== verschwägern Schwippschwager ==== Descendants ==== → Kashubian: szwadżer, szwager → Polish: szwagier → Belarusian: шва́ґер (švágjer) → Ukrainian: шва́ґер (šváger) → Silesian: szwager === Further reading === “Schwager”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Schwager” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Schwager” in Duden online