säbeln
German, verb
säbeln is spelled S-Ä-B-E-L-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Säbeln is a German verb meaning “to saw away at” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Säbeln is a different word: “dative plural of Säbel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Säbel, ein großes Messer, verwenden; mit einem Messer unsachgemäß grob schneiden”.
What does säbeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to saw away at
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Säbel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Säbel, ein großes Messer, verwenden; mit einem Messer unsachgemäß grob schneiden 2. treten
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 säbeln
- säbelt present singular third-person
- säbelte past
- gesäbelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- säbelnd participle present
- säble first-person indicative present
- säbele first-person indicative present
- säbel first-person indicative present
- säbelst indicative present second-person
- säbelest second-person singular subjunctive
- säblest second-person singular subjunctive
- säbelet plural second-person subjunctive
- säblet plural second-person subjunctive
- säbelten first-person indicative plural
- säbeltest indicative preterite second-person
- säbeltet indicative plural preterite
- säbel! imperative singular
- säbele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is säbeln in German?
säbeln appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).