verschwägern
German, verb
verschwägern is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-W-Ä-G-E-R-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written German, the 594,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschwägern is a German verb meaning “to become brothers-in-law” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verschwägern is a different word: “gerund of verschwägern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Heirat in ein Verwandtschaftsverhältnis treten”.
What does verschwägern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to become brothers-in-law
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verschwägern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch Heirat in ein Verwandtschaftsverhältnis treten
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 verschwägern
- verschwägert present singular third-person
- verschwägerte past
- haben auxiliary
- verschwägernd participle present
- verschwägre first-person indicative present
- verschwägere first-person indicative present
- verschwäger first-person indicative present
- verschwägerst indicative present second-person
- verschwägerest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschwägrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschwägeret plural second-person subjunctive
- verschwägret plural second-person subjunctive
- verschwägerten first-person indicative plural
- verschwägertest indicative preterite second-person
- verschwägertet indicative plural preterite
- verschwägere! imperative singular
- verschwägert! imperative plural
- sich verschwägern infinitive present not-extended
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verschwägern in German?
verschwägern appears about once in every 89 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).