quasseln

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Late 19th c., from Low German quasseln, variant of dwasseln, iterative of Middle Low German dwāsen (to talk nonsense), from dwās (dim-witted, daft), from Old Saxon *dwās, from Proto-West Germanic *dwās.

This adjective is cognate with Middle High German twās, Dutch dwaas, Old English dwǣs.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkvazəln/ (usual)
  • IPA(key): /ˈkvasəln/ (less common)
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Verb[edit]

quasseln (weak, third-person singular present quasselt, past tense quasselte, past participle gequasselt, auxiliary haben)

  1. jabber, natter, palaver, yap, gab, jaw, twaddle, rattle on, rabbit on (to talk a lot or talk nonsense)
    Synonyms: erzählen, labern, quatschen, sabbeln, schwätzen, schwafeln

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Further reading[edit]

  • quasseln” in Duden online
  • quasseln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache