Schwippschwager

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

German

[edit]
German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology

[edit]

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

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvɪpˌʃvaːɡər/, [ˈʃʋɪpˌʃʋaː.ɡɐ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

[edit]

Schwippschwager m (strong, genitive Schwippschwagers, plural Schwippschwäger or (rarely) Schwippschwager, feminine Schwippschwägerin)

  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

[edit]

Synonyms

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]