Schwiegermutter
See also: Schwiegermütter
German
Etymology
Expanded from earlier Schwieger (“mother-in-law”), from Old High German swigar, from Proto-Germanic *swegrō, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱruh₂- (“woman's mother-in-law”) (compare *swéḱuros (“woman's father-in-law”)). By surface analysis, schwieger- + Mutter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃviːɡɐˌmʊtɐ/
- Hyphenation: Schwie‧ger‧mut‧ter
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Noun
Schwiegermutter f (genitive Schwiegermutter, plural Schwiegermütter)
- mother-in-law
- Synonym: Schwieger
Declension
Declension of Schwiegermutter [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Schwiegermutter | die | Schwiegermütter |
| genitive | einer | der | Schwiegermutter | der | Schwiegermütter |
| dative | einer | der | Schwiegermutter | den | Schwiegermüttern |
| accusative | eine | die | Schwiegermutter | die | Schwiegermütter |
Coordinate terms
- Schwiegerkind
- Schwiegersohn
- Schwiegertochter
- Schwiegervater, Schwäher
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Schwiegermutter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schwiegermutter” in Duden online
- “Schwiegermutter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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