ob
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin ob, abbreviation of obolus.
NounEdit
ob (plural obs)
- (historical) a halfpenny
Etymology 2Edit
Abbreviations.
NounEdit
ob (plural obs)
Coordinate termsEdit
- (objection): sol
AnagramsEdit
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Old Czech ob, from Proto-Slavic *obь.
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
ob [+accusative]
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
GermanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle High German obe, ob, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”). Compare English if.
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
ob
- (subordinating) Introduces an indirect question, a doubt. if, whether.
- ob ... oder ― if ... or
- Ich weiß nicht, ob sie krank ist.
- I don't know if she's sick
- Hast du sie gefragt, ob sie kommt?
- Did you ask her if she's coming?
- Ob das wirklich wahr ist?
- Is it really true?
- (conditional, obsolete, except in als ob) if, in case
Usage notesEdit
A general trick to remember whether to use ob or wenn is that if whether could be used in the English sentence, then ob needs to be used in the German sentence.
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle High German obe, from Old High German oba, from Proto-Germanic *ub (“under”), from Proto-Indo-European *upó (“under, below”). Related with über, oben.
A chiefly Upper German word, pronounced with a short vowel in Alemannic areas and with a long vowel in Austro-Bavarian areas. In the north, the short vowel is from etymology 1, perhaps also reinforced by association with regional forms of auf (Central Franconian op, Low German up, op). The long vowel is standard in Obacht, beobachten.
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
ob
- (formal, literary, + genitive; rare with dative) on account of
- Synonyms: angesichts, wegen
- 2019, Editorial Staff, “Große Enttäuschung nach Abbruch vom Seifenkistenrennen”, in Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger[1]:
- Viele Seifenkisten haben ob ihrer dünnen Räder nicht die Bodenhaftung eines normalen Autoreifens und verfügen nur über so genannte Stempelbremsen.
- Many soapbox cars, on account of their thin wheels, do not have the traction of a normal car tire and have only so-called spoon brakes at their disposal.
- (archaic or dialectal, + dative) over, above, on
- Synonym: über
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LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Italic *op, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí), Sanskrit अपि (ápi), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬞𐬌 (aipi), Old Persian [script needed] (apiy), and Old Armenian եւ (ew). Also related to English by.
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
ob (+ accusative)
- in the direction of, to, towards
- on account of, according to, because of, due to, for (the purpose of)
- against; facing
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “ob”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ob”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ob in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- I blame this in you; I censure you for this: hoc in te reprehendo (not ob eam rem)
- I blame this in you; I censure you for this: hoc in te reprehendo (not ob eam rem)
- DIZIONARIO LATINO OLIVETTI
LuxembourgishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), from Proto-Indo-European *e-, *ē- (“then, at that time”). Cognate with English if, West Frisian oft (“whether”), Dutch of (“or, whether, but”), Middle Low German ef (“if, whether”), German ob (“if, whether”), Icelandic ef, if (“if”).
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
ob
Old IrishEdit
NounEdit
ob f
- Alternative form of aub
VolapükEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
ob
- I (first-person singular, nominative)
DeclensionEdit
nominative | genitive | dative | accusative | possessive | |||
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1st person | singular | ob | oba | obe | obi | obik | |
plural | obs | obas | obes | obis | obsik | ||
2nd person | familiar | singular | ol | ola | ole | oli | olik |
plural | ols | olas | oles | olis | olsik | ||
polite | singular | or | ora | ore | ori | orik | |
plural | ors | oras | ores | oris | orsik | ||
3rd person | m | singular | om | oma | ome | omi | omik |
plural | oms | omas | omes | omis | omsik | ||
f | singular | of | ofa | ofe | ofi | ofik | |
plural | ofs | ofas | ofes | ofis | ofsik | ||
n definite | singular | on | ona | one | oni | onik | |
plural | ons | onas | ones | onis | onsik | ||
n indefinite | singular | os | osa | ose | osi | osik | |
indefinite | singular | oy | oya | oye | oyi | oyik | |
reflexive | oneself | singular | ok | oka | oke | oki | okik |
plural | oks | okas | okes | okis | oksik | ||
each other | singular | od | oda | ode | odi | odik | |
plural | ods | odas | odes | odis | odsik |
White HmongEdit
< 1 | 2 | 3 > |
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Cardinal : ob | ||
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔu̯i (“two”). Cognate with Iu Mien i.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
ob
ReferencesEdit
- Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)