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.
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quasseln (weak, third-person singular present quasselt, past tense quasselte, past participle gequasselt, auxiliary haben)
| 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.