loben

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See also: Loben

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German loben, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German lobēn or lobōn, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *lubōną. Cognate with Old English lofian, Old Norse lofa, Low German loäwen, Dutch loven, Swedish lova. More at love (Etymology 2), lofe.

The verb loben is related to the noun Lob. It is not clear if the verb is derived from the noun or vice versa.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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  1. to praise
    • 2012, Hans-Ulrich Lüdemann, ICH - dann eine Weile nichts, page 128:
      Ich lob mich selbst.
    • 2013, Euripides, Karl-Maria Guth (editor), Iphigenie in Aulis, Sammlung Hofenberg im Verlag der Contumax GmbH, page 17:
      Ich lob es, Bruder, daß du mir ein wackres Wort
      Und deiner würdiges wider mein Erwarten beutst!
    • 1839, Shakspeare, Aug. Wilh. v. Schlegel and Ludwig Tieck (translators), Shakspeare's dramatische Werke übersetzt von Aug. Wilh. v. Schlegel und Ludwig Tieck. Zehnter Band. Antonius und Cleopatra. Maaß für Maaß. Timon von Athen., Berlin, page 131 (part of: Antonius und Cleopatra, fünfter Aufzug, zweite Scene):
      Ich lob' euch
      Für eure Klugheit.

Conjugation

Template:de-conj-weak Note: The first person singular indicative present active can colloquially also be lob' and lob.
Further forms:

Antonyms

Derived terms

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “loben”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “loben” in Duden online
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