verschwägert
German, adjective/fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɛːɡɐt/
verschwägert is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-W-Ä-G-E-R-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 95,383rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschwägert is a German adjective meaning “related by marriage; in-law; excluding one’s own spouse and, often, the spouses of one’s blood relatives” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of verschwägern. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Heirat in einem Verwandtschaftsverhältnis zueinander”.
What does verschwägert mean in English?
adjective
- 1
related by marriage; in-law; excluding one’s own spouse and, often, the spouses of one’s blood relatives
Ich bin mit ihr verschwägert, weil ihr Bruder mit meiner Schwester verheiratet ist.
verb
- 1
past participle of verschwägern
verb
- 1
third-person singular present
- 2
second-person plural present
- 3
plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. durch Heirat in einem Verwandtschaftsverhältnis zueinander
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 verschwägert
- verschwägerter masculine nominative singular
- verschwägerte feminine nominative singular
- verschwägertes neuter nominative singular
- verschwägerten genitive masculine singular
- verschwägertem dative masculine singular
- der verschwägerte definite includes-article masculine
- die verschwägerte definite feminine includes-article
- das verschwägerte definite includes-article neuter
- die verschwägerten definite includes-article nominative
- des verschwägerten definite genitive includes-article
- der verschwägerten definite feminine genitive
- dem verschwägerten dative definite includes-article
- den verschwägerten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verschwägert?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɛːɡɐt/
- /fɐ-/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃʋɛːɡɐt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is verschwägert in German?
verschwägert appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).