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Schwager.

brother-in-law

8 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃvaːɡər/[ˈʃʋaː.ɡɐ]

  1. brother-in-law

    masculine · strong
    Ist dieser Schwager der Mann Ihrer Schwester oder der Bruder Ihrer Frau?

  2. in-law; a fairly distant relative by marriage

    broadly · masculine · strong
    Das ist irgendein entfernter Schwager von mir.
Where this word comes from

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”).

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