schwatzen
German, verb
schwatzen is spelled S-C-H-W-A-T-Z-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 69,095th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwatzen is a German verb meaning “to babble, waffle, prattle, chat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, schwätzen is a different word: “to chat, talk, babble, prate”. With a capital, Schwatzen is a different word: “gerund of schwatzen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “entspannt miteinander reden”.
What does schwatzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to babble, waffle, prattle, chat
verb
- 1
to chat, talk, babble, prate
- 2
to speak, talk
noun
- 1
neutergerund of schwatzen
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Schwatz
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. unkontrolliert, ungefragt oder unsachgemäß reden oder sprechen 2. sich zwanglos (über eher unwichtige Themen) unterhalten 3. als Schüler während des Unterrichts unerwünschte Gespräche miteinander führen 4. allgemein reden, sprechen
verb: 1. entspannt miteinander reden
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 schwatzen
- schwätzt present singular third-person
- schwätzte past
- geschwätzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schwätzend participle present
- schwätze first-person indicative present
- schwätzest second-person singular subjunctive
- schwätzet plural second-person subjunctive
- schwätzten first-person indicative plural
- schwätztest indicative preterite second-person
- schwätztet indicative plural preterite
- schwätz imperative second-person singular
- habe geschwätzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschwätzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schwätze! imperative singular
- schwätz! imperative singular
- schwätzt! imperative plural
- geschwätzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schwatzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwatzen in German?
schwatzen 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).