Polyglot Dictionary

Schwiegervater

/ˈʃviːɡɐˌfaːtɐ/

der noun A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Schwiegerväter

Meaning

  1. father-in-law

    • Mein Schwiegervater ist Rentner.

      My father-in-law is a pensioner.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

suegro

suegro is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "father-in-law."

Portuguese

sogro

sogro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "father-in-law."

Practice

1 What does Schwiegervater mean?

2 Fill the gap: Mein ___ ist Rentner.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schwiegervater?

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