sabbern
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Low German and Middle Low German sabben, ultimately from the source of Saft (“juice, sap”).
Closely related to sabbeln (“to babble”). Compare southern Dutch zabberen and standard Dutch sabbelen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sabbern (weak, third-person singular present sabbert, past tense sabberte, past participle gesabbert, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | sabbern | ||||
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present participle | sabbernd | ||||
past participle | gesabbert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich sabbre ich sabbere ich sabber |
wir sabbern | i | ich sabbere ich sabbre |
wir sabbern |
du sabberst | ihr sabbert | du sabberest du sabbrest |
ihr sabberet ihr sabbret | ||
er sabbert | sie sabbern | er sabbere er sabbre |
sie sabbern | ||
preterite | ich sabberte | wir sabberten | ii | ich sabberte1 | wir sabberten1 |
du sabbertest | ihr sabbertet | du sabbertest1 | ihr sabbertet1 | ||
er sabberte | sie sabberten | er sabberte1 | sie sabberten1 | ||
imperative | sabbre (du) sabber (du) sabbere (du) |
sabbert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.