svåger
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German swāger, from Old Saxon *swāgar, from Proto-Germanic *swēgraz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros (“husband's father”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsvoːɡər/
Noun
svåger c
- a brother-in-law; a brother of someone's spouse
Usage notes
- The prefix svär- in svärfar, svärmor derives from svåger.
Declension
| Declension of svåger | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | svåger | svågern | svågrar | svågrarna |
| Genitive | svågers | svågerns | svågrars | svågrarnas |
Antonyms
- svägerska
Hypernyms
- måg
Related terms
- svågerlag
- svågerpolitik
- svågerskap
References
- svåger in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)