schwurbeln
German, verb/ˈʃvʊʁbəln/
schwurbeln is a German verb meaning “to blather; to talk nonsense; to convolute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich unklar, unkonkret ausdrücken; Unsinn reden”.
What does schwurbeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialderogatoryto blather; to talk nonsense; to convolute
- 2
colloquialderogatoryto argue on the basis of esoteric or conspiratorial thinking
- 3
to swirl; to whirl
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich unklar, unkonkret ausdrücken; Unsinn reden 2. unklare, unkonkrete, Geräusche verursachen, die oft eher als unangenehm oder besorgniserregend empfunden werden 3. schwirren, wirbeln
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 schwurbeln
- schwurbelt present singular third-person
- schwurbelte past
- geschwurbelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schwurbelnd participle present
- schwurble first-person indicative present
- schwurbele first-person indicative present
- schwurbel first-person indicative present
- schwurbelst indicative present second-person
- schwurbelest second-person singular subjunctive
- schwurblest second-person singular subjunctive
- schwurbelet plural second-person subjunctive
- schwurblet plural second-person subjunctive
- schwurbelten first-person indicative plural
- schwurbeltest indicative preterite second-person
- schwurbeltet indicative plural preterite
- schwurble! imperative singular
- schwurbelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schwurbeln?
- /ˈʃvʊʁbəln/
- [ˈʃvʊʁbl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schwurbeln in German?
schwurbeln appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).