fabulieren
German, verb[fabuˈliːʁən]
fabulieren is a German verb meaning “to fabulate, tell stories” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Fabel schreiben, mit Fantasie schreiben”.
What does fabulieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fabulate, tell stories
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Fabel schreiben, mit Fantasie schreiben 2. übertrieben kunstvoll, fantasievoll Texte schreiben, verfassen
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 fabulieren
- fabuliert present singular third-person
- fabulierte past
- haben auxiliary
- fabulierend participle present
- fabuliere first-person indicative present
- fabulierst indicative present second-person
- fabulierest second-person singular subjunctive
- fabulieret plural second-person subjunctive
- fabulierten first-person indicative plural
- fabuliertest indicative preterite second-person
- fabuliertet indicative plural preterite
- fabulier imperative second-person singular
- habe fabuliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben fabuliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- fabulier! imperative singular
- fabuliere! imperative singular
- fabuliert! imperative plural
- fabuliert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fabulieren?
- [fabuˈliːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fabulieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fabulieren in German?
fabulieren appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).