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dever

девер

dȅver · /dêʋer/ · masc.

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NOUN
  1. brother-in-law
    Moj dever živi u Nemačkoj sa porodicom. — My husband's brother lives in Germany with his family.
    Za slavu nam dolaze dever i jetrva. — My brother-in-law and his wife are coming to our slava.
  2. (at a wedding) the bride's escort
    Dever je doveo mladu do crkve. — The bride's escort brought her to the church.

As a kinship term, it refers only to the husband's brother; the wife's brother is šurak, a sister's husband is zet.

Declension, masc.
singularplural
Nom.deverdeveri
Gen.deveradevera
Dat.deverudeverima
Acc.deveradevere
Voc.deverudeveri
Ins.deveromdeverima
Loc.deverudeverima
AI Updated 13 October 2026