-er der
Schwager
Usually 81.3% of the 2,315 common nouns ending in -er take der.
Many -er nouns are masculine, most of all people and machines that do something: der Lehrer, der Computer.
Exceptions die Mutter, die Tochter, die Schwester, das Wasser
der, die oder das Schwager?
der Schwager
It's der Schwager. Schwager is masculine, plural die Schwager.
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- Plural
- die Schwager
- Meaning
- brother-in-law
- In our course
- A1
- Family & people
Example
Mein Schwager ist Arzt.
My brother-in-law is a doctor.