svoger

From Middle Low German swāger, from Proto-Germanic *swēgraz (“husband's brother”), cognate with German Schwager, Dutch zwager. Swedish svåger is also borrowed from Low German. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swēḱurós (“husband's brother”), related to *swéḱuros (“father-in-law”) (German Schwäher, Latin socer) and *sweḱrúh₂ (“mother-in-law”) (German Schwieger, Latin socrus).

• IPA^(key): /svɔːˀvər/, [ˈsʋ̥ɔwˀɐ] or IPA^(key): /svɔvˀər/, [ˈsʋ̥ɒwˀɐ]

svoger c (singular definite svogeren, plural indefinite svogre)

1. brother-in-law (the brother of one's spouse, husband of one's sibling or husband of one's spouse's sibling)

• “svoger” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Middle Low German swager.

svoger m (definite singular svogeren, indefinite plural svogere, definite plural svogerne)

1. a brother-in-law

• svigerbror

• “svoger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German swager.

svoger m (definite singular svogeren, indefinite plural svograr, definite plural svograne)

1. a brother-in-law

• svigerbror

• “svoger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.