schwafeln

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German

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Etymology

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Originally dialectal, from East Central German [Term?].

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvaːfl̩n/
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  • Hyphenation: schwa‧feln

Verb

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schwafeln (weak, third-person singular present schwafelt, past tense schwafelte, past participle geschwafelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (informal, derogatory) to waffle (to speak or write evasively or vaguely)
    Coordinate term: schwadronieren
    • 2023 March 18, Philipp Brandstädter, “ChatGPT löst Bildungskrise aus: Hausaufgaben aus der Maschine”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
      ChatGPT ist eine Sprachmaschine, keine Wissensmaschine. Das Programm schwafelt, immer selbstbewusst, immer wieder inhaltsarm.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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