Schwippschwager

German

Etymology

Probably from regional schwippen (“to sway, slant”) +‎ Schwager (“brother-in-law”), thus “wry, deviating, indirect brother-in-law”. For the verb compare Schwips (“tipsiness”). Alternatively a reduplicative ablaut derivation like Mischmasch, Schnickschnack, etc., but the -pp- is more readily explained by the first-mentioned theory.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvɪpˌʃvaːɡər/, [ˈʃʋɪpˌʃʋaː.ɡɐ]
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Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. co-brother-in-law
    1. the husband of someone's spouse's sister; (hence in the plural) those married to a group of siblings in relation to each other
    2. the brother of someone's sibling's spouse; (hence in the plural) the siblings of a married couple in relation to each other

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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