Schwägerin
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃvɛːɡəʁɪn/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃveːɡəʁɪn/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Schwä‧ge‧rin
Noun
Schwägerin f (genitive Schwägerin, plural Schwägerinnen, masculine Schwager)
- sister-in-law
- Ist diese Schwägerin die Frau Ihres Bruders oder die Schwester Ihrer Frau?
- Is this sister-in-law your brothers’s wife or your wife’s sister?
- (loosely) in-law; a fairly distant relative by marriage
- Das ist irgendeine entfernte Schwägerin von mir.
- She’s some distant in-law of mine.
Declension
Declension of Schwägerin [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Schwägerin | die | Schwägerinnen |
| genitive | einer | der | Schwägerin | der | Schwägerinnen |
| dative | einer | der | Schwägerin | den | Schwägerinnen |
| accusative | eine | die | Schwägerin | die | Schwägerinnen |
Further reading
- “Schwägerin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schwägerin” in Duden online
- “Schwägerin” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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