Schwippschwager

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Etymology

Probably from regional schwippen (“to sway, slant”) +‎ Schwager (“brother-in-law”), thus “wry, 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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvɪpˌʃvaːɡər/,
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Noun

Schwippschwager m (strong, genitive Schwippschwagers, plural Schwippschwäger or (rarely) Schwippschwager, feminine Schwippschwägerin)

  1. co-brother-in-law
    1. the husband of someone's spouse's sister; (hence in the plural) those married to a group of siblings in relation to each other
    2. the brother of someone's sibling's spouse; (hence in the plural) the siblings of a married couple in relation to each other

Declension

Declension of Schwippschwager
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Schwippschwager die Schwippschwäger, Schwippschwager1
genitive eines des Schwippschwagers der Schwippschwäger, Schwippschwager1
dative einem dem Schwippschwager den Schwippschwägern, Schwippschwagern1
accusative einen den Schwippschwager die Schwippschwäger, Schwippschwager1

1Rare.

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