brabbeln
[ˈbʁabl̩n]
The verdict
“brabbeln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - undeutlich vor sich hin reden, unverständlich plappern
Corpus desk
Index DE-brabbeln · brabbeln · German
brabbeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brabbeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbʁabl̩n] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „brabbeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
brabbeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbʁabl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "undeutlich vor sich hin reden, unverständlich plappern".
brabbeln doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is brabbeln, spelled B-R-A-B-B-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1undeutlich vor sich hin reden, unverständlich plappern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brabbeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie saß im Lehnstuhl vor dem Feuer und brabbelte so vor sich hin, obwohl sie ganz alleine im Raum war.
Das Baby möchte auch teilhaben und brabbelt fröhlich vor sich hin.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.