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Schwippschwager.

co-brother-in-law

15 characters3 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃvɪpˌʃvaːɡər/[ˈʃʋɪpˌʃʋaː.ɡɐ]
  1. co-brother-in-law the husband of someone's spouse's sister; (hence in the plural) those married to a group of siblings in relation to each other

    masculine · strong
  2. co-brother-in-law the brother of someone's sibling's spouse; (hence in the plural) the siblings of a married couple in relation to each other

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

Probably from regional schwippen (“to sway, slant”) + Schwager (“brother-in-law”), thus “deviating, indirect brother-in-law”. For the verb compare Schwips (“tipsiness”). Alternatively a reduplicative ablaut derivation like Mischmasch, Schnickschnack, etc., but the -pp- is more readily explained by the first-mentioned theory.

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