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schoonbroer

schoonbroer

Dutch

Noun

schoonbroer m (plural schoonbroers, diminutive schoonbroertje n)

  1. brother-in-law

Usage notes

The word schoonbroer is mostly used in Belgium and the southern Dutch provinces Limburg and North Brabant. In the rest of the Netherlands the common word for brother-in-law is zwager.