schwatzhaft
German, adjective/ˈʃvat͡shaft/
schwatzhaft is spelled S-C-H-W-A-T-Z-H-A-F-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written German, the 401,709th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwatzhaft is a German adjective meaning “talkative, garrulous, chatty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “viel und wortreich (über Überflüssiges oder Belangloses) redend; dazu neigend, Geheimnisse weiterzuerzählen”.
What does schwatzhaft mean in English?
adjective
- 1
talkative, garrulous, chatty
schwatzhafte Nachbarin
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. viel und wortreich (über Überflüssiges oder Belangloses) redend; dazu neigend, Geheimnisse weiterzuerzählen
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 schwatzhaft
- schwatzhafter masculine nominative singular
- am schwatzhaftesten superlative
- schwatzhafte feminine nominative singular
- schwatzhaftes neuter nominative singular
- schwatzhaften genitive masculine singular
- schwatzhaftem dative masculine singular
- der schwatzhafte definite includes-article masculine
- die schwatzhafte definite feminine includes-article
- das schwatzhafte definite includes-article neuter
- die schwatzhaften definite includes-article nominative
- des schwatzhaften definite genitive includes-article
- der schwatzhaften definite feminine genitive
- dem schwatzhaften dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schwatzhaft?
- /ˈʃvat͡shaft/
- [ˈʃvat͡shaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schwatzhaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwatzhaft in German?
schwatzhaft appears about once in every 45 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).