fabulieren
to spin yarns, to make up stories
Definition
verbMeanings
- 1.to spin yarns
- 2.to make up stories
Grammar
Examples
konnte fabulieren.
Grandfather could spin wonderful yarns.
Der fabulierte von Schätzen, die existiert hatten.
The guide spun yarns about treasures that had never existed.
Kinder fabulieren , und zu .
Children often make up stories without separating truth from invention.
Er fabulierte so , dass ihm glaubten.
He spun his tale so convincingly that everyone believed him.
Wenn sie zu fabulieren beginnt, vergisst die .
When she starts making up stories, you forget the time.
Über seine angeblichen Heldentaten fabulierte er .
He spun endless yarns about his supposed heroic deeds.
Der fabuliert kunstvoll ein versunkenes .
The author fabulates artfully about a sunken kingdom.
Statt die Fakten zu , fabulierte der .
Instead of stating the facts, the witness made up wild stories.
Am fabulierten sie von Geistern und Ungeheuern.
Around the campfire they spun yarns about ghosts and monsters.
Sie fabuliert , um die erträglicher zu .
She likes to make up stories to make reality more bearable.