geschwätzig
German, adjective/ɡəˈʃvɛt͡sɪç/
geschwätzig is spelled G-E-S-C-H-W-Ä-T-Z-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 130,853rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geschwätzig is a German adjective meaning “garrulous; gabby” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “viel und aufdringlich redend”.
What does geschwätzig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
derogatorygarrulous; gabby
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. viel und aufdringlich redend
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 geschwätzig
- geschwätziger masculine nominative singular
- am geschwätzigsten superlative
- geschwätzige feminine nominative singular
- geschwätziges neuter nominative singular
- geschwätzigen genitive masculine singular
- geschwätzigem dative masculine singular
- der geschwätzige definite includes-article masculine
- die geschwätzige definite feminine includes-article
- das geschwätzige definite includes-article neuter
- die geschwätzigen definite includes-article nominative
- des geschwätzigen definite genitive includes-article
- der geschwätzigen definite feminine genitive
- dem geschwätzigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce geschwätzig?
- /ɡəˈʃvɛt͡sɪç/
- /ɡəˈʃvɛt͡sɪk/
- [ɡəˈʃvɛt͡sɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to geschwätzig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is geschwätzig in German?
geschwätzig appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).