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der, die oder das Schwägerin?

die Schwägerin

It's die Schwägerin. Schwägerin is feminine, plural die Schwägerinnen.

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Plural
die Schwägerinnen
Meaning
sister-in-law
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Family & people

Example

  • Meine Schwägerin heißt Fatima.

    My sister-in-law is called Fatima.

Why die?

-in die

Schwägerin

Always 99.4% of the 471 common nouns ending in -in take die.

Add -in to a man's job or nationality and you get a woman: der Lehrer, die Lehrerin. Always feminine.

Exceptions der Muffin