quasseln
German
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈkvazəln/ (usual)
- IPA(key): /ˈkvasəln/ (less common)
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Verb
quasseln (weak, third-person singular present quasselt, past tense quasselte, past participle gequasselt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
infinitive | quasseln | ||||
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present participle | quasselnd | ||||
past participle | gequasselt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich quassle ich quassele ich quassel |
wir quasseln | i | ich quassele ich quassle |
wir quasseln |
du quasselst | ihr quasselt | du quasselest du quasslest |
ihr quasselet ihr quasslet | ||
er quasselt | sie quasseln | er quassele er quassle |
sie quasseln | ||
preterite | ich quasselte | wir quasselten | ii | ich quasselte1 | wir quasselten1 |
du quasseltest | ihr quasseltet | du quasseltest1 | ihr quasseltet1 | ||
er quasselte | sie quasselten | er quasselte1 | sie quasselten1 | ||
imperative | quassle (du) quassel (du) quassele (du) |
quasselt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- Gequassel
- Quasselei
- Quasselkopp (regional)
- Quasselstrippe
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