kwetteren
Meaning
to twitter, chatter, chirp, gaggle
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkʋɛ.tə.rə(n)/
Etymology
From earlier queteren, from Middle Dutch *queteren (attested in Middle Dutch queteringhe (“chattering, chit-chat”)). Cognate with West Frisian kwitterje, kwetterje (“to chatter”), Saterland Frisian kwetelje, kwättelje (“to jabber”), German Low German queteln (“to chatter, jabber”), German quasseln (“to chatter, babble”). Perhaps ultimately onomatopoeic.
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