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German
Etymology
From Middle High German swetzer. By surface analysis, schwatzen (“jabber, prattle”) + -er (agentive suffix).
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- Hyphenation: Schwät‧zer
Noun
Schwätzer m (strong, genitive Schwätzers, plural Schwätzer, diminutive Schwätzerchen n or Schwätzerlein n, feminine Schwätzerin)
- windbag, babbler, prattler, chatterer
- Synonyms: Plappermaul, Plaudertasche, Schwatzkopf, Schwatzmaul, Schwatztante
1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Menschliches, Allzumenschliches [Human, All Too Human], section 28:Weg mit den bis zum Ueberdruss verbrauchten Wörtern Optimismus und Pessimismus! Denn der Anlass, sie zu gebrauchen, fehlt von Tag zu Tage mehr: nur die Schwätzer haben sie jetzt noch so unumgänglich nöthig.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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