verplappern
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fɛʁˈplapɐn]
- Hyphenation: ver‧plap‧pern
Verb
verplappern (weak, third-person singular present verplappert, past tense verplapperte, past participle verplappert, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial, reflexive) to unintentionally give away a secret; unintentionally disclose something which had been secret
Conjugation
Conjugation of verplappern (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | verplappern | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | verplappernd | ||||
| past participle | verplappert | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich verplappre ich verplappere ich verplapper |
wir verplappern | i | ich verplappere ich verplappre |
wir verplappern |
| du verplapperst | ihr verplappert | du verplapperest du verplapprest |
ihr verplapperet ihr verplappret | ||
| er verplappert | sie verplappern | er verplappere er verplappre |
sie verplappern | ||
| preterite | ich verplapperte | wir verplapperten | ii | ich verplapperte1 | wir verplapperten1 |
| du verplappertest | ihr verplappertet | du verplappertest1 | ihr verplappertet1 | ||
| er verplapperte | sie verplapperten | er verplapperte1 | sie verplapperten1 | ||
| imperative | verplappre (du) verplapper (du) verplappere (du) |
verplappert (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of verplappern (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- Verplappern
- Verplapperer
- Verplapperung
- verplappernd
- verplappert
See also
Further reading
- “verplappern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verplappern” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “verplappern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verplappern” in Duden online
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