svigerfar

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Danish

Etymology

From sviger- +‎ far. Calque of German Schwiegervater.

Pronunciation

Noun

svigerfar c (singular definite svigerfaren or svigerfaderen, plural indefinite svigerfædre)

  1. father-in-law (spouse's father)

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From sviger- +‎ far.

Noun

svigerfar m (definite singular svigerfaren, indefinite plural svigerfedre, definite plural svigerfedrene)

  1. a father-in-law

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From sviger- +‎ far.

Noun

svigerfar m (definite singular svigerfaren, indefinite plural svigerfedrar, definite plural svigerfedrane)

  1. a father-in-law
    Coordinate term: svigermor

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