palavern
German, verb/paˈlaːvɐn/
palavern is spelled P-A-L-A-V-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 211,221st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palavern is a German verb meaning “to palaver, to chatter, to speak at length” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “scheinbar endlos, ergebnislos reden”.
What does palavern mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto palaver, to chatter, to speak at length
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. scheinbar endlos, ergebnislos reden
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 palavern
- palavert present singular third-person
- palaverte past
- gepalavert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- palavernd participle present
- palavre first-person indicative present
- palavere first-person indicative present
- palaver first-person indicative present
- palaverst indicative present second-person
- palaverest second-person singular subjunctive
- palavrest second-person singular subjunctive
- palaveret plural second-person subjunctive
- palavret plural second-person subjunctive
- palaverten first-person indicative plural
- palavertest indicative preterite second-person
- palavertet indicative plural preterite
- palavere! imperative singular
- palavert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palavern?
- /paˈlaːvɐn/
- [paˈlaːvɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to palavern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palavern in German?
palavern appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).