brabbeln
German, verb/ˈbʁabl̩n/
brabbeln is spelled B-R-A-B-B-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 161,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brabbeln is a German verb meaning “to babble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “undeutlich vor sich hin reden, unverständlich plappern”.
What does brabbeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto babble
vor sich hin brabbeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. undeutlich vor sich hin reden, unverständlich plappern
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of brabbeln
- brabbelt present singular third-person
- brabbelte past
- gebrabbelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- brabbelnd participle present
- brabble first-person indicative present
- brabbele first-person indicative present
- brabbel first-person indicative present
- brabbelst indicative present second-person
- brabbelest second-person singular subjunctive
- brabblest second-person singular subjunctive
- brabbelet plural second-person subjunctive
- brabblet plural second-person subjunctive
- brabbelten first-person indicative plural
- brabbeltest indicative preterite second-person
- brabbeltet indicative plural preterite
- brabbel! imperative singular
- brabble! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brabbeln?
- /ˈbʁabl̩n/
- [ˈbʁabl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brabbeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brabbeln in German?
brabbeln appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).