verplappern
German, verb
verplappern is spelled V-E-R-P-L-A-P-P-E-R-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 297,534th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verplappern is a German verb meaning “let out, let on (to unintentionally give away a secret)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verplappern is a different word: “gerund of verplappern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “versehentlich ein Geheimnis verraten; etwas unabsichtlich preisgeben”.
What does verplappern mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquiallet out, let on (to unintentionally give away a secret)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verplappern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. versehentlich ein Geheimnis verraten; etwas unabsichtlich preisgeben
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 verplappern
- verplappert present singular third-person
- verplapperte past
- haben auxiliary
- verplappernd participle present
- verplappre first-person indicative present
- verplappere first-person indicative present
- verplapper first-person indicative present
- verplapperst indicative present second-person
- verplapperest second-person singular subjunctive
- verplapprest second-person singular subjunctive
- verplapperet plural second-person subjunctive
- verplappret plural second-person subjunctive
- verplapperten first-person indicative plural
- verplappertest indicative preterite second-person
- verplappertet indicative plural preterite
- verplappere! imperative singular
- verplapper! imperative singular
- verplappert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verplappern in German?
verplappern appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).