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Schwiegereltern
/ˈʃviːɡɐˌʔɛltɐn/
Parents-in-law
When to use it
Universal lightning rod for German jokes. 'Schwiegermutter' = the famously dreaded mother-in-law.
In conversation
—Wir essen Sonntag bei meinen Schwiegereltern.
“—We're eating at my in-laws' on Sunday.”