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German
Etymology
From Schwadron (“squadron”) + -ieren, 18th century, modern sense from student slang related to fencing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃvadʁoˈniːʁən/
- Hyphenation: schwa‧dro‧nie‧ren
Verb
schwadronieren (weak, third-person singular present schwadroniert, past tense schwadronierte, past participle schwadroniert, auxiliary haben)
- to talk in a voluminous and excited manner; to rant or ramble
- Coordinate term: schwafeln
1994, August Scholtis, Erzählungen, Dramen, Romane:Frau schwadroniert ganz schnell auf Polnisch etwas.- The woman ranted something quickly in Polish.
2006, Hermann Peter Piwitt, Jahre unter ihnen: Roman, Wallstein Verlag, →ISBN, page 15:Er schwadroniert. Er schwadroniert über alles. Politik, Historie, Theologie, Medizin.- He ranted. He ranted about everything. Politics, history, theology, medicine.
2023 February 9, Anna Klöpper, “Berliner Wahl und die Sonnenallee: Zurück auf Los”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Als die Debatte über die Silvesterrandale hochkochte, als der CDU-Bundesvorsitzende Merz über „kleine Paschas“ schwadronierte, denen man mal die Meinung geigen müsste – da versenkte sie diese überhitzte, teils unerträglich rassistisch geführte Diskussion schnell in einen Arbeitskreis zum Thema Jugendgewalt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
schwadronieren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
schwadronieren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
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