Schwiegervater
German, noun
Schwiegervater is spelled S-C-H-W-I-E-G-E-R-V-A-T-E-R (14 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,546th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwiegervater is a German masculine noun meaning “father-in-law” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Schwiegerväter is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Schwiegervater”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Vater des Ehepartners”.
What does Schwiegervater mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefather-in-law
noun
- 1
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Schwiegervater
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der Vater des Ehepartners
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Schwiegervater
- Schwiegervaters genitive
- Schwiegerväter plural
- Schwiegervätern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Schwiegervater in German?
Schwiegervater appears 2.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).