gabberen

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑ.bə.rə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: gab‧be‧ren
  • Rhymes: -ɑbərən

Etymology 1

Frequentative of gabben (compare Swedish begabba (“to mock”)), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German gabben (“to joke, make fun of”), from Proto-Germanic *gappon-, *gabbōn- (“to joke”), probably related to the root of gapen (“to gape”).[1]

Verb

gabberen

  1. (intransitive) to laugh maliciously
  2. (intransitive) to gobble like a turkey
Inflection
Conjugation of gabberen (weak)
infinitive gabberen
past singular gabberde
past participle gegabberd
infinitive gabberen
gerund gabberen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular gabbergabberde
2nd person sing. (jij) gabbertgabberde
2nd person sing. (u) gabbertgabberde
2nd person sing. (gij) gabbertgabberde
3rd person singular gabbertgabberde
plural gabberengabberden
subjunctive sing.1 gabberegabberde
subjunctive plur.1 gabberengabberden
imperative sing. gabber
imperative plur.1 gabbert
participles gabberendgegabberd
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

From gabber.

Verb

gabberen

  1. (intransitive) to dance on hardcore house music
    Synonym: hakken
Inflection
Conjugation of gabberen (weak)
infinitive gabberen
past singular gabberde
past participle gegabberd
infinitive gabberen
gerund gabberen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular gabbergabberde
2nd person sing. (jij) gabbertgabberde
2nd person sing. (u) gabbertgabberde
2nd person sing. (gij) gabbertgabberde
3rd person singular gabbertgabberde
plural gabberengabberden
subjunctive sing.1 gabberegabberde
subjunctive plur.1 gabberengabberden
imperative sing. gabber
imperative plur.1 gabbert
participles gabberendgegabberd
1) Archaic.

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “gappon”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 169
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