kabbeln
See also: käbbeln
German
Etymology
Borrowed from German Low German [Term?], from Middle Low German kabbelen. Probably related to Kiefer (“jaw”) and originally meaning “to move one’s jaws (in order to speak or bite)”. Cognate with Dutch kabbelen (“to babble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kabl̩n/
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Verb
kabbeln (weak, third-person singular present kabbelt, past tense kabbelte, past participle gekabbelt, auxiliary haben)
- (reflexive, regional, chiefly Northern Germany) to tease each other, to fight with each other in a not dangerous way
- Unsre beiden Jungs kabbeln sich immer so'n bisschen.
- Our two boys always have their little fights.
Conjugation
infinitive | kabbeln | ||||
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present participle | kabbelnd | ||||
past participle | gekabbelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich kabble ich kabbele ich kabbel |
wir kabbeln | i | ich kabbele ich kabble |
wir kabbeln |
du kabbelst | ihr kabbelt | du kabbelest du kabblest |
ihr kabbelet ihr kabblet | ||
er kabbelt | sie kabbeln | er kabbele er kabble |
sie kabbeln | ||
preterite | ich kabbelte | wir kabbelten | ii | ich kabbelte1 | wir kabbelten1 |
du kabbeltest | ihr kabbeltet | du kabbeltest1 | ihr kabbeltet1 | ||
er kabbelte | sie kabbelten | er kabbelte1 | sie kabbelten1 | ||
imperative | kabble (du) kabbel (du) kabbele (du) |
kabbelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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