Palaver
German, noun/paˈlaːvɐ/
Palaver is spelled P-A-L-A-V-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palaver is a German neuter noun meaning “palaver, chatter, idle talk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “endlos scheinendes, meist ergebnisloses Gespräch, Debatte, Verhandlung”.
What does Palaver mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryinformalneuterpalaver, chatter, idle talk
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. endlos scheinendes, meist ergebnisloses Gespräch, Debatte, Verhandlung 2. gerichtliche oder religiöse Versammlung
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 Palaver
- Palavers genitive
- Palaber alternative
- Palavern dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Palaver?
- /paˈlaːvɐ/
- /paˈlaːbɐ/
- [paˈlaːvɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Palaver
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Palaver in German?
Palaver appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).