sabbern

[ˈzabɐn]

/[ˈzabɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“sabbern” is uncommon German (frequency #78,490 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,490
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Speichel aus dem Mund beziehungsweise Maul fließen lassen

Corpus desk

Index DE-sabbern · sabbern · German

sabbern · rank #78,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,490
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sachsenheim

Nearest frequency peer: Sachsenheim (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „sabbern“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sabbern“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sabbern
PropertyValue
Headwordsabbern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈzabɐn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#78,490
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sabbern“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).sabbernfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sachsenheim“ (#78,491), „Rösti“ (#78,488), „Sachverhaltes“ (#78,492). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sabbern“ bei #78,490. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sabbern is uncommon German at frequency #78,490 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈzabɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Speichel aus dem Mund beziehungsweise Maul fließen lassen".

sabbern has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is sabbern, spelled S-A-B-B-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Speichel aus dem Mund beziehungsweise Maul fließen lassen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sabbern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Der steinalte Professor sabberte derart, daß dir das Ekelhafte seiner zweiten Kinderzeit bis zum Erbrechen klar wurde.“
  2. „Pavel schloss die Augen und versuchte sich an das letzte Mal zu erinnern, dass er Fleisch gegessen hatte. Als er die Augen wieder öffnete, sabberte er, wie ein Rinnsal rann ihm die Spucke übers Kinn.“

Synonyms

geiferntrielen

This word in other languages

dribble(English)salivar(Español)baver(Français)babar(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sabbern"?
"sabbern" is spelled S-A-B-B-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzabɐn].
What does "sabbern" mean?
As a verb, "sabbern" means: Speichel aus dem Mund beziehungsweise Maul fließen lassen
How do you pronounce "sabbern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sabbern" is [ˈzabɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sabbern" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sabbern", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list