schwätzen
[ˈʃvɛt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“schwätzen” is uncommon German (frequency #88,265 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,265
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unkontrolliert, ungefragt oder unsachgemäß reden oder sprechen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwatzen · schwätzen · German
schwätzen · rank #88,265 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,265
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schwierigem
Nearest frequency peer: schwierigem (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „schwätzen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schraubstock
Schraubstock
11,742 corpus weight
- Schutzanzug
Schutzanzug
11,740 corpus weight
- schwelgt
schwelgt
11,738 corpus weight
- schwierigem
schwierigem
11,737 corpus weight
- schwätzen
schwätzen
11,736 corpus weight
- sechzehnten
sechzehnten
11,732 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schwätzen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schwätzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃvɛt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schwätzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schwätzen is uncommon German at frequency #88,265 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃvɛt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for schwätzen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is schwätzen, spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1unkontrolliert, ungefragt oder unsachgemäß reden oder sprechen
- 2sich zwanglos (über eher unwichtige Themen) unterhalten
- 3als Schüler während des Unterrichts unerwünschte Gespräche miteinander führen
- 4allgemein reden, sprechen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schwätzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mag Herr Remer auch noch soviel Unsinn schwätzen, in einem Punkt und darüber sollte man sich ganz klar sein – decken sich seine Ausführungen mit den Beobachtungen und Empfindungen vielleicht sogar der Mehrzahl des Volkes.“
Wann hast Du denn Zeit, um mal wieder eine Runde zu schwätzen?
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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