svoger

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German swāger, from Proto-Germanic *swēgraz (“husband's brother”), cognate with German Schwager, Dutch zwager. Swedish svåger is also borrowed from Low German. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swēḱurós (“husband's brother”), related to *swéḱuros (“father-in-law”) (German Schwäher, Latin socer) and *sweḱrúh₂ (“mother-in-law”) (German Schwieger, Latin socrus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /svɔːˀvər/, [ˈsʋ̥ɔwˀɐ] or IPA^(key): /svɔvˀər/, [ˈsʋ̥ɒwˀɐ]

Noun

svoger c (singular definite svogeren, plural indefinite svogre)

1. brother-in-law (the brother of one's spouse, husband of one's sibling or husband of one's spouse's sibling)

Declension

Declension of svoger

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svoger	svogeren	svogre	svogrene
genitive	svogers	svogerens	svogres	svogrenes

References

• “svoger” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German swager.

Noun

svoger m (definite singular svogeren, indefinite plural svogere, definite plural svogerne)

1. a brother-in-law

Synonyms

• svigerbror

References

• “svoger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German swager.

Noun

svoger m (definite singular svogeren, indefinite plural svograr, definite plural svograne)

1. a brother-in-law

Synonyms

• svigerbror

References

• “svoger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.