wabbeln
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German wabelen, merged with related Middle Low German *wabbelen. To the former compare Old Norse vafla, to the latter dialectal Dutch wobbelen, English wabble, wobble. All of these are iteratives of Proto-Germanic *wabōną, related to *webaną (“to weave”), whence Middle High German waben (“to move about”), Old English wafian (modern English wave).
In the High German form, the -bb- is due to blocking of open-syllable lengthening, which is fairly common before the syllables -el- and -er-. In the Low German form it must be due to expressive gemination.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]wabbeln (weak, third-person singular present wabbelt, past tense wabbelte, past participle gewabbelt, auxiliary haben)
- (informal) to wobble, wiggle, jiggle; said of jelly/jello, human body fat, and the like
- Synonym: schwabbeln
Derived terms
[edit]Low German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with English wobble and wabble.
Verb
[edit]wabbeln (past singular wabbel, past participle wabbelt, auxiliary verb hebben)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | wabbeln | |
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indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | wabbel | wabbel |
2nd person singular | wabbelst | wabbelst |
3rd person singular | wabbelt | wabbel |
plural | wabbelt | wabbeln |
imperative | present | — |
singular | wabbel | |
plural | wabbelt | |
participle | present | past |
wabbel | wabbelt | |
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
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