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German
Etymology
Schwager + -in.
Cognate with Hunsrik Schwehrin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃvɛːɡəʁɪn/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃveːɡəʁɪn/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- 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.
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