Schwiegermutter

== German == === Etymology === Expanded from earlier Schwieger (“mother-in-law”), from Old High German swigar, from Proto-Germanic *swegrō, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱruh₂- (“woman's mother-in-law”) (compare *swéḱuros (“woman's father-in-law”)). By surface analysis, schwieger- +‎ Mutter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃviːɡɐˌmʊtɐ/ Hyphenation: Schwie‧ger‧mut‧ter === Noun === Schwiegermutter f (genitive Schwiegermutter, plural Schwiegermütter) mother-in-law Synonym: Schwieger ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== Schwiegerkind Schwiegersohn Schwiegertochter Schwiegervater, Schwäher ==== Derived terms ==== Schwiegermonster === Further reading === “Schwiegermutter”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Schwiegermutter” in Duden online “Schwiegermutter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon