sabbeln

== German == === Etymology === Related to sabbern (“to drivel, drool”). This word entered standard German alongside sabbern from Low German [Term?]. Subsequently, the meaning of this term shifted; sabbern retains the original meaning, "drool". Compare southern Dutch zabberen, standard Dutch sabbelen. The nouns Sabber and Sabbel are also closely related. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzabəln/ Hyphenation: sab‧beln === Verb === sabbeln (weak, third-person singular present sabbelt, past tense sabbelte, past participle gesabbelt, auxiliary haben) jabber, gab, rattle on, rabbit on (to talk a lot and quickly, or to talk nonsense) Synonyms: quasseln, schwätzen, schwafeln ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Sabbeln, Sabbeler sabbelnd, gesabbelt === Further reading === “sabbeln”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “sabbeln” in Duden online