Schwätzchen
German, noun[ˈʃvɛt͡sçən]
Schwätzchen is spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-T-Z-C-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 86,281st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwätzchen is a German neuter noun meaning “diminutive of Schwatz” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht besonders lange Unterhaltung über alltägliche Themen”.
What does Schwätzchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdiminutive of Schwatz
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nicht besonders lange Unterhaltung über alltägliche Themen
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 Schwätzchen
- Schwätzchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwätzchen?
- [ˈʃvɛt͡sçən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schwätzchen in German?
Schwätzchen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).