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
Conjugation
| Conjugation of gabberen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gabberen | |||
| past singular | gabberde | |||
| past participle | gegabberd | |||
| infinitive | gabberen | |||
| gerund | gabberen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | gabber | gabberde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | gabbert, gabber2 | gabberde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | gabbert | gabberde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | gabbert | gabberde | ||
| 3rd person singular | gabbert | gabberde | ||
| plural | gabberen | gabberden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | gabbere | gabberde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | gabberen | gabberden | ||
| imperative sing. | gabber | |||
| imperative plur.1 | gabbert | |||
| participles | gabberend | gegabberd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Etymology 2
From gabber.
Verb
gabberen
Conjugation
| Conjugation of gabberen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gabberen | |||
| past singular | gabberde | |||
| past participle | gegabberd | |||
| infinitive | gabberen | |||
| gerund | gabberen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | gabber | gabberde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | gabbert, gabber2 | gabberde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | gabbert | gabberde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | gabbert | gabberde | ||
| 3rd person singular | gabbert | gabberde | ||
| plural | gabberen | gabberden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | gabbere | gabberde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | gabberen | gabberden | ||
| imperative sing. | gabber | |||
| imperative plur.1 | gabbert | |||
| participles | gabberend | gegabberd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “gappon”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 169