Dampfplauderer
German, noun[ˈdampfˌplaʊ̯dəʁɐ]
Dampfplauderer is spelled D-A-M-P-F-P-L-A-U-D-E-R-E-R (14 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dampfplauderer is a German masculine noun meaning “windbag, gasbag (a person who is overly garrulous or prone to making empty, unsupportable statements)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der etwas nicht Spruchreifes, Unausdiskutiertes, Geheimes von sich gibt”.
What does Dampfplauderer mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialderogatorymasculinewindbag, gasbag (a person who is overly garrulous or prone to making empty, unsupportable statements)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der etwas nicht Spruchreifes, Unausdiskutiertes, Geheimes von sich gibt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Dampfplauderer
- Dampfplauderers genitive
- Dampfplauderin feminine
- Dampfplauderern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dampfplauderer?
- [ˈdampfˌplaʊ̯dəʁɐ]
- [ˈdamp͡fˌplaʊ̯dəʁɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dampfplauderer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dampfplauderer in German?
Dampfplauderer appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).