schnattern
German, verb/ˈʃnatɐn/
schnattern is spelled S-C-H-N-A-T-T-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnattern is a German verb meaning “to talk eagerly about unimportant things; to chatter, to gabble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “stakkatoartige Laute, die Gänse und Enten von sich geben”.
What does schnattern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to talk eagerly about unimportant things; to chatter, to gabble
Ich habe Lust zu schnattern.
- 2
to cackle
- 3
to quack
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. stakkatoartige Laute, die Gänse und Enten von sich geben 2. eifrig meist über etwas Unwichtiges reden, plappern
noun: 1. schnatterndes 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 schnattern
- schnattert present singular third-person
- schnatterte past
- geschnattert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schnatternd participle present
- schnattre first-person indicative present
- schnattere first-person indicative present
- schnatter first-person indicative present
- schnatterst indicative present second-person
- schnatterest second-person singular subjunctive
- schnattrest second-person singular subjunctive
- schnatteret plural second-person subjunctive
- schnattret plural second-person subjunctive
- schnatterten first-person indicative plural
- schnattertest indicative preterite second-person
- schnattertet indicative plural preterite
- schnatter! imperative singular
- schnattere! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schnattern?
- /ˈʃnatɐn/
- [ˈʃnatɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schnattern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schnattern in German?
schnattern 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).