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     Father should simply have kept the agreement that he had originally made with my in-laws.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

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)

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)