schwatzen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German swazzen. See schwätzen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃvatsən/, [ˈʃʋät͡sən], [ˈʃʋät͡sn̩] === Verb === schwatzen (weak, third-person singular present schwatzt, past tense schwatzte, past participle geschwatzt, auxiliary haben) to babble, waffle, prattle, chat Synonyms: schwafeln, labern, quatschen, plaudern, sich unterhalten ==== Usage notes ==== For notes on the use of this verb and its widely interchangeable variant schwätzen, see the latter. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== Geschwätz, geschwätzig Schwatz, Schwätzchen schwatzen === Further reading === “schwatzen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “schwatzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “schwatzen” in Duden online “schwatzen” in OpenThesaurus.de