Gelaber
German, noun/ɡəˈlaːbɐ/
Gelaber is spelled G-E-L-A-B-E-R (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 24,663rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gelaber is a German neuter noun meaning “chit-chat, blather (shallow talk of little reliability)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “seichtes Gerede oder unüberlegt Dahergesagtes”.
What does Gelaber mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalneuterchit-chat, blather (shallow talk of little reliability)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. seichtes Gerede oder unüberlegt Dahergesagtes
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 Gelaber
- Gelabers genitive
- Gelabere dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gelaber?
- /ɡəˈlaːbɐ/
- [ɡəˈlaːbɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gelaber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gelaber in German?
Gelaber appears 1.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).