quasseln

German

Etymology

Late 19th c., from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), variant of dwasseln, iterative of Middle Low German dwāsen (“to talk nonsense”), from dwās (“dim-witted, daft”), from Old Saxon *dwās, from Proto-West Germanic *dwās.

This adjective is cognate with Middle High German twās, Dutch dwaas, Old English dwǣs.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkvazəln/ (usual)
  • IPA(key): /ˈkvasəln/ (less common)
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Verb

quasseln (weak, third-person singular present quasselt, past tense quasselte, past participle gequasselt, auxiliary haben)

  1. jabber, natter, palaver, yap, gab, jaw, twaddle, rattle on, rabbit on (to talk a lot or talk nonsense)
    Synonyms: erzählen, labern, quatschen, sabbeln, schwätzen, schwafeln

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “quasseln” in Duden online
  • “quasseln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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