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Grasswire2

(13,569 posts)
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 03:28 PM Sep 2019

German words for "blabbermouth" -- may come in handy these days.

chatterbox noun
Schwätzer, Quasselstrippe, Plaudertasche, Plappermaul, Klatschbase

loudmouth noun
Großmaul, Maulheld, Brüllaffe

chatterer noun
Schwätzer, Schwätzerin

blatherer noun
Schwätzer, Schwafler, Schwätzerin

windbag noun
Schwätzer, Quatschkopf, Schwafler, Schwätzerin, Phrasendrescher

gossip verb, noun
Klatsch, klatschen, schwatzen, Tratsch, Geschwätz

babbler noun
Schwätzer, Plaudertasche

gasbag noun
Gasflasche, Schwätzer, Schwafler

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German words for "blabbermouth" -- may come in handy these days. (Original Post) Grasswire2 Sep 2019 OP
I'll go with a word coming from another country: Quisling. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #1
And "collaborateur" for the minor players. nt Grasswire2 Sep 2019 #2
We need Russian... Laurelin Sep 2019 #3
Quasselstrippe has a nice ring but Maulheld or Quatschkopf is perhaps more fitting. yonder Sep 2019 #4
BLABBERMOUTH! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2019 #5
I'll have to add one of those to my already-favorites: Schadenfreude and Backpfeifengesicht... Hekate Sep 2019 #6
I find that this applies to anything Chump has been talking about lately: Initech Sep 2019 #7

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,683 posts)
1. I'll go with a word coming from another country: Quisling.
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 03:33 PM
Sep 2019

He was a guy who collaborated with a hostile foreign power to help them take over his country. It rings a bell.

yonder

(9,664 posts)
4. Quasselstrippe has a nice ring but Maulheld or Quatschkopf is perhaps more fitting.
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 03:44 PM
Sep 2019

As in: "I see the Quatschkopf-in-Chief is wearing his quasselstrippe tie today."

Hekate

(90,674 posts)
6. I'll have to add one of those to my already-favorites: Schadenfreude and Backpfeifengesicht...
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 03:54 PM
Sep 2019

The Germans do have a way with compound words

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