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plaudern

to chat

verb PLOW-dern Less Common
Communication Speech

Also means

to chatter casually

Usage Note

plaudern describes relaxed, informal chatting without serious purpose, often over coffee. It governs über + accusative for the topic and mit for the companion: mit jemandem plaudern. The noun Plauderei (a chat) and Plauderton (chatty tone) derive from it. Warmer and cosier than reden or sprechen.

Examples

"Wir haben den ganzen Nachmittag gemütlich geplaudert."

Natural Translation

We chatted comfortably the whole afternoon.

Literal Translation

We have the whole afternoon comfortably chatted.

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