Schwägerin

German

Etymology

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)

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• Hyphenation: Schwä‧ge‧rin

Noun

Schwägerin f (genitive Schwägerin, plural Schwägerinnen, male Schwager)

1. 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?

2. (loosely) in-law; a fairly distant relative by marriage

   Das ist irgendeine entfernte Schwägerin von mir.

   She’s some distant in-law of mine.

Further reading

• “Schwägerin” in Duden online