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Schwiegermutter.

mother-in-law

15 characters4 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃviːɡɐˌmʊtɐ/
  1. mother-in-law

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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.

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