| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|
| Afrikaans | swaer; skoonbroer |
|---|---|
| Catalan | cunyat |
| Czech | švagr |
| Danish | svoger |
| Dutch | schoonbroer; zwager |
| English | brother‐in‐law |
| Esperanto | bofrato |
| Faeroese | svágur |
| French | beau‐frère |
| German | Schwager |
| Greek | γαμπρός; κουνιάδος |
| Icelandic | mágur |
| Italian | cognato |
| Latin | levir |
| Norwegian | svoger |
| Papiamento | kuñá; sua |
| Saterland Frisian | Swoager |
| Sranan | swagri |
| Swedish | svåger |
| Turkish | bacanak |