Schwieger
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Schwieger.
Proper noun
[edit]Schwieger (plural Schwiegers)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Schwieger is the 34353rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 660 individuals. Schwieger is most common among White (96.82%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schwieger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German swiger, from Old High German swigar, from Proto-Germanic *swegrō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schwieger f (genitive Schwieger, plural Schwiegern)
- (dated) mother-in-law
- Synonym: Schwiegermutter
Declension
[edit]Declension of Schwieger [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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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
[edit]- “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.
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