labbern
[ˈlabɐn]
The verdict
“labbern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so essen oder trinken, dass man dabei schlürft, dass man ständig nur kleinste Portionen zu sich nimmt
Corpus desk
Index DE-labbern · labbern · German
labbern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | labbern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈlabɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „labbern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
labbern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈlabɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for labbern in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for 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 labbern, spelled L-A-B-B-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1so essen oder trinken, dass man dabei schlürft, dass man ständig nur kleinste Portionen zu sich nimmt
- 2Unsinn erzählen
- 3labberig, schlaff, ohne Spannung, nicht vom Wind gefüllt, herabhängen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how labbern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„wabblig, allzu weichlich, wie Kost für kleine Kinder, die sie labbern und schlabbern.“
Da labbert doch einer bis morgens 3 Uhr lautstark blödes Zeug aufm Balkon.
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.