schmatzen
German, verb/ˈʃmat͡sn̩/
schmatzen is spelled S-C-H-M-A-T-Z-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 67,080th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmatzen is a German verb meaning “to smack, to chomp (to make smacking or squelching sounds, especially while chewing; to eat noisily)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Geräusch verursachen, das durch Schließen und rasches Öffnen der feuchten Lippen entsteht (meist beim…”.
What does schmatzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to smack, to chomp (to make smacking or squelching sounds, especially while chewing; to eat noisily)
- 2
to chat (to be engaged in informal conversation)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Geräusch verursachen, das durch Schließen und rasches Öffnen der feuchten Lippen entsteht (meist beim Essen oder Küssen) 2. reden
noun: 1. schmatzendes Geräusch
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 schmatzen
- schmatzt present singular third-person
- schmatzte past
- geschmatzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schmatzend participle present
- schmatze first-person indicative present
- schmatzest second-person singular subjunctive
- schmatzet plural second-person subjunctive
- schmatzten first-person indicative plural
- schmatztest indicative preterite second-person
- schmatztet indicative plural preterite
- schmatz imperative second-person singular
- habe geschmatzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschmatzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schmatz! imperative singular
- schmatze! imperative singular
- schmatzt! imperative plural
- geschmatzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schmatzen?
- /ˈʃmat͡sn̩/
- [ˈʃmat͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schmatzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schmatzen in German?
schmatzen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).