quasseln
Meaning
jabber, natter, palaver, yap, gab, jaw, twaddle, rattle on, rabbit on (to talk a lot or talk nonsense)
Concepts
Synonyms
labern
Unsinn reden
daherplappern
gackeln
radotieren
dibbern
herumzetern
salbadern
Smalltalk machen
quatern
Konversation machen
Small Talk machen
geschwollen reden
reden wie ein Wasserfall
kletsen
babiller
charlarFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkvazəln/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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