plaudern

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German plūdern (to rustle, roar), of onomatopoeic origin; compare Latin blaterare (to babble).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplaʊ̯dəʁn/,
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  • Hyphenation: plau‧dern

Verb

plaudern (weak, third-person singular present plaudert, past tense plauderte, past participle geplaudert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to chat
    Synonyms: quatschen, parlieren, konversieren, schwatzen
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 531:
      Als ihre Augen anfingen, sich zu brechen, tat der Gelehrte eine lässige Handbewegung aufwärts vor ihrem Gesichtchen, worauf er alle Dinge für wohl bestellt erklärte und die ganze erregte Gesellschaft zum Abenddienst schickte, ausgenommen Elly Brand, mit der er noch etwas zu „plaudern“ gedachte. Zu plaudern! Man konnte es sich denken.
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References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “plaudern”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

  • plaudern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • plaudern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • plaudern” in Duden online
  • plaudern” in OpenThesaurus.de