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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

schmoozing

German translation:

quatschend

Added to glossary by jerrie
May 31, 2002 12:56
24 yrs ago
English term

schmoozing

Non-PRO English to German Other
students spend their time schmoozing...
Proposed translations (German)
4 +6 quatschend
4 +5 plaudernd, Schwätzchen haltend
5 +3 flirting

Proposed translations

+6
3 hrs
Selected

quatschend

Blathering on all night talking about nothing
Peer comment(s):

agree bochkor : Plaudernd rather means chatting.
31 mins
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agree brute (X)
1 hr
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agree Andrea Kopf
2 hrs
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agree Steffen Walter : yep!
2 hrs
Something I used to do a lot of...
agree Dr.G.MD (X)
22 hrs
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agree Ivan Frankovics
3 days 22 hrs
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+5
9 mins

plaudernd, Schwätzchen haltend

Hope this helps
Peer comment(s):

agree Christine Healy-Rendel (X)
2 mins
agree Сергей Лузан : In Hollywood sehr gebraeuchlich.
8 mins
agree Manfred Mondt : "die beiden schmuzen schon wieder!
1 day 5 hrs
agree june
2 days 23 hrs
agree Ivan Frankovics
4 days
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+3
1 day 6 hrs

flirting

from experience, this word suggests flirting or making love to me.
I may be on the wrong pad here, but if someone asked me to "komm herein und wir koennen ein wenig schmoozen" he would get a black eye
Peer comment(s):

agree Kralicky
4 hrs
agree Ursula Peter-Czichi : exactly!
1 day 13 hrs
agree Ivan Frankovics
2 days 19 hrs
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