Schwätzer
German, noun[ˈʃvɛt͜sɐ]
Schwätzer is spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-T-Z-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,845th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwätzer is a German masculine noun meaning “windbag, babbler, prattler, chatterer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der zu jedem Thema meist ungefragt ausschweifende Kommentare abgibt, die im eigentlichen Sinne keiner…”.
What does Schwätzer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewindbag, babbler, prattler, chatterer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der zu jedem Thema meist ungefragt ausschweifende Kommentare abgibt, die im eigentlichen Sinne keiner der Anwesenden hören möchte 2. jemand, der von seinem Vorhaben zwar redet, beziehungsweise Zusagen macht, diese aber nicht in die Tat umsetzt
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 Schwätzer
- Schwätzers genitive
- Schwätzerchen diminutive neuter
- Schwätzerlein diminutive neuter
- Schwätzerin feminine
- Schwätzern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwätzer?
- [ˈʃvɛt͜sɐ]
- [ˈʃvɛt͡sɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schwätzer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schwätzer in German?
Schwätzer appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).