Schwäher
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German sweher, from Old High German swehur, from Proto-Germanic *swehuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros. Cognate with Old English swēor, Latin socer and Ancient Greek ἑκυρός (hekurós).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈʃvɛːɐ/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃveːɐ/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- Hyphenation: Schwä‧her
Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]Schwäher m (strong, genitive Schwähers, plural Schwäher, feminine Schwäherin)
- (obsolete) brother-in-law
- Synonym: Schwager
- (obsolete) father-in-law
- Synonym: Schwiegervater
- 1802, Friedrich Schiller, Turandot, Prinzessin von China[1]:
- Mit nichten, Freund! Das ist ein prächtiger,
Exzellenter Einfall!—Werben kann ein Jeder;
Es ist nichts leichter, als aufs Freien reisen.
Man lebt auf fremde Kosten, thut sich gütlich,
Legt sich dem künft'gen Schwäher in das Haus,- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Schwäher [masculine, strong]
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Schwäher” in Duden online
- “Schwäher” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schwäher” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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- de:Male family members