wabern
German, verb/ˈvaːbɐn/
wabern is spelled W-A-B-E-R-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 67,080th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wabern is a German verb meaning “to waft, undulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich unruhig und unvorsehbar bewegen”.
What does wabern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to waft, undulate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich unruhig und unvorsehbar bewegen 2. sich unruhig, flackernd und unvorsehbar bewegen
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 wabern
- wabert present singular third-person
- waberte past
- gewabert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- wabernd participle present
- wabre first-person indicative present
- wabere first-person indicative present
- waber first-person indicative present
- waberst indicative present second-person
- waberest second-person singular subjunctive
- wabrest second-person singular subjunctive
- waberet plural second-person subjunctive
- wabret plural second-person subjunctive
- waberten first-person indicative plural
- wabertest indicative preterite second-person
- wabertet indicative plural preterite
- waber! imperative singular
- wabere! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wabern?
- /ˈvaːbɐn/
- [ˈvaːbɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wabern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wabern in German?
wabern appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).