dobe

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See also: době, dobę, and dóbè

English

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈdoʊ.bi/

Noun

dobe (usually uncountable, plural dobes)

  1. Clipping of adobe.
    • 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC:
      His wife and baby were with him in the dobe house, a small one that his Indian stepfather had built.

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German dar oba. Cognate with German droben.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Zurich" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈd̥ob̥ə/

Adverb

dobe (Zürich, eastern Switzerland)

  1. above, aloft, up, upstairs
    Antonym: dune
    S Gschänk isch uf em Schrank dobe. ― The gift is up on the wardrobe/closet.
    Dobe i de Bärge ischs schöön. ― It is beautiful up on the mountains.

Usage notes

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

dobe

  1. Rōmaji transcription of どべ

Slovene

Noun

dóbe

  1. accusative plural of dọ̑b

Noun

dôbe

  1. inflection of dóba:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural
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