svigerfamilie

Danish

Etymology

sviger- +‎ familie

Noun

svigerfamilie

1. in-laws (one's spouse's family)
   • 2010, Lisa See, Sneblomst og den hemmelige vifte, Lindhardt og Ringhof (→ISBN)

     Jeg skulle være så ærbar som overhovedet muligt i dette øjeblik, når min svigerfamilie så mig for første gang, ...

     I had to be as honourable as at all possible in this moment, when my in-laws saw me for the first time, ...

   • 2010, Kristina Aamand, Mødom på mode: Beretninger om skik og brug blandt indvandrere, Gyldendal A/S (→ISBN)

     Hvis jeg havde ... underlagt mig de regler, der gælder i min svigerfamilie, ...

     If I had submitted to the rules that are in effect among my in-laws, ...

   • 2007, Et løft af sløret, Gyldendal A/S (→ISBN), page 144

     Far skulle bare have overholdt den aftale, han oprindeligt havde indgået med min svigerfamilie.

     Father should simply have kept the agreement that he had originally made with my in-laws.

Declension

Declension of svigerfamilie

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svigerfamilie	svigerfamilien	svigerfamilier	svigerfamilierne
genitive	svigerfamilies	svigerfamiliens	svigerfamiliers	svigerfamiliernes

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From sviger- +‎ familie.

Noun

svigerfamilie m (definite singular svigerfamilien, indefinite plural svigerfamilier, definite plural svigerfamiliene)

1. in-laws (literally: family-in-law)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From sviger- +‎ familie.

Noun

svigerfamilie m (definite singular svigerfamilien, indefinite plural svigerfamiliar, definite plural svigerfamiliane)

1. in-laws (literally: family-in-law)