schnattern
[ˈʃnatɐn]
The verdict
“schnattern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - stakkatoartige Laute, die Gänse und Enten von sich geben
Corpus desk
Index DE-schnattern · schnattern · German
schnattern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schnattern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃnatɐn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schnattern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schnattern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃnatɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for schnattern in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is schnattern, spelled S-C-H-N-A-T-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1stakkatoartige Laute, die Gänse und Enten von sich geben
- 2eifrig meist über etwas Unwichtiges reden, plappern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schnattern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als er das Gehege betrat, schnatterten die Gänse plötzlich laut los.
Die Mädchen schnattern schon seit einer Stunde am Telefon.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.