Schwieger

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schwieger.

Proper noun

Schwieger (plural Schwiegers)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schwieger is the 34353^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 660 individuals. Schwieger is most common among White (96.82%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schwieger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Schweiger

German

Etymology

From Middle High German swiger, from Old High German swigar, from Proto-Germanic *swegrō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃviːɡɐ/
• Hyphenation: Schwie‧ger

Noun

Schwieger f (genitive Schwieger, plural Schwiegern)

1. (dated) mother-in-law

   Synonym: Schwiegermutter

Declension

Declension of Schwieger [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schwieger	die	Schwiegern
genitive	einer	der	Schwieger	der	Schwiegern
dative	einer	der	Schwieger	den	Schwiegern
accusative	eine	die	Schwieger	die	Schwiegern

Further reading

• “Schwieger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schwieger” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schwieger” in Duden online
• “Schwieger” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.