grabbeln
German, verb/ˈɡrabəln/
grabbeln is spelled G-R-A-B-B-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written German, the 476,489th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grabbeln is a German verb meaning “to grab” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit den Fingern berühren, dabei häufig suchend, tastend oder wühlend”.
What does grabbeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto grab
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit den Fingern berühren, dabei häufig suchend, tastend oder wühlend
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 grabbeln
- grabbelt present singular third-person
- grabbelte past
- gegrabbelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- grabbelnd participle present
- grabble first-person indicative present
- grabbele first-person indicative present
- grabbel first-person indicative present
- grabbelst indicative present second-person
- grabbelest second-person singular subjunctive
- grabblest second-person singular subjunctive
- grabbelet plural second-person subjunctive
- grabblet plural second-person subjunctive
- grabbelten first-person indicative plural
- grabbeltest indicative preterite second-person
- grabbeltet indicative plural preterite
- grabbel! imperative singular
- grabbelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grabbeln?
- /ˈɡrabəln/
- [ˈɡʁabl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is grabbeln in German?
grabbeln appears about once in every 60 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).