konfabulieren
German, verb[kɔnfabuˈliːʁən]
konfabulieren is spelled K-O-N-F-A-B-U-L-I-E-R-E-N (13 letters). Konfabulieren is a German verb meaning “to confabulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gedächtnislücken oder Unverständliches mit erfundenen Aussagen erklären”.
What does konfabulieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to confabulate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Gedächtnislücken oder Unverständliches mit erfundenen Aussagen erklären
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 konfabulieren
- konfabuliert present singular third-person
- konfabulierte past
- haben auxiliary
- konfabulierend participle present
- konfabuliere first-person indicative present
- konfabulierst indicative present second-person
- konfabulierest second-person singular subjunctive
- konfabulieret plural second-person subjunctive
- konfabulierten first-person indicative plural
- konfabuliertest indicative preterite second-person
- konfabuliertet indicative plural preterite
- konfabulier imperative second-person singular
- habe konfabuliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben konfabuliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- konfabulier! imperative singular
- konfabuliere! imperative singular
- konfabuliert! imperative plural
- konfabuliert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce konfabulieren?
- [kɔnfabuˈliːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.