Polyglot Dictionary

Schwager

/ˈʃvaːɡɐ/

der noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Schwäger

Meaning

  1. brother-in-law

    • Mein Schwager wohnt in Wien.

      My brother-in-law lives in Vienna.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

beau-frère

beau-frère is the French word for the same thing — both mean "brother-in-law."

Portuguese

cunhado

cunhado is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "brother-in-law."

Practice

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