kabbeln
See also: käbbeln
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Low German [Term?], from Middle Low German kabbelen. Probably related to Kiefer (“jaw”) and originally meaning “to move one’s jaws (in order to speak or bite)”. Cognate with Dutch kabbelen (“to babble”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kabbeln (weak, third-person singular present kabbelt, past tense kabbelte, past participle gekabbelt, auxiliary haben)
- (reflexive, regional, chiefly Northern Germany) to tease each other, to fight with each other in a not dangerous way
- Unsre beiden Jungs kabbeln sich immer so'n bisschen.
- Our two boys always have their little fights.
Conjugation edit
infinitive | kabbeln | ||||
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present participle | kabbelnd | ||||
past participle | gekabbelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich kabble ich kabbele ich kabbel |
wir kabbeln | i | ich kabbele ich kabble |
wir kabbeln |
du kabbelst | ihr kabbelt | du kabbelest du kabblest |
ihr kabbelet ihr kabblet | ||
er kabbelt | sie kabbeln | er kabbele er kabble |
sie kabbeln | ||
preterite | ich kabbelte | wir kabbelten | ii | ich kabbelte1 | wir kabbelten1 |
du kabbeltest | ihr kabbeltet | du kabbeltest1 | ihr kabbeltet1 | ||
er kabbelte | sie kabbelten | er kabbelte1 | sie kabbelten1 | ||
imperative | kabble (du) kabbel (du) kabbele (du) |
kabbelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.