alle til hobe

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Danish

Etymology

From alle (“all”) + (archaic) til hobe (“together”). Compare Danish allesammen, German alle zusammen, Swedish alla ihop, English all together, altogether.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alə tel hoːbə/,

Pronoun

alle til hobe (neuter singular (rare) alt til hobe)

  1. (archaic) all
    • 1837, Christian Wilster, Odysseen, book 17, v. 481:
      Saa han taled, og heftig fortørnedes Alle tilhobe.
      Thus he spoke, and all of them resented heavily.
    • 1880, P. Kierkegaard, transl., Præsten Helmolds Slavekrønike, page 234:
      Da dette kom det urolige folk for øren, knurrede det og erklærede, at det aldrig vilde böje nakke under et så tyngende trælleåg , hvorved fast alle til hobe, som dyrkede Kristus, kom til at stå under en trykkende præstevælde.
      When this came to the notice of the unsettled people, they growled and declared that they would never bow their neck under such heavy yoke of slavery, by which almost all who worshipped Christ had come under the oppressive power of the priests.
    • 1938, H. Boringvad, Livsnæring og Livsfilosofi, page 41:
      Hvis det efter et vanvittigt Kapløb for at have mere end andre eller have det meste sluttelig føler, at alt til Hobe blot er forældet, trættende eller livløst Legetøj eller Liggendefæ, der ikke mætter, ingen Livsnæring indeholder, — hvad saa?
      So if, after an insane race to have more than others or most, it finally feels that all of it was outdated, boring or lifeless toys or material property that doesn't satisfy, that doesn't contain any nutrition of life — so what?

Determiner

alle ... til hobe

  1. (rare) all ... altogether
    • 2006, Lars Bonnevie, Ingen tvivl‎:
      Den siger at hvem der dræber et menneske som ikke selv har dræbt, skal være som den der har dræbt alle mennesker til hobe.
      (The Quran) says that whoever kills a person who has not killed himself should be like him who has killed all men altogether

Adverb

alle til hobe (neuter singular (rare) alt til hobe)

  1. (solemn) all together
    Synonym: allesammen
    • 2004 February 2, Karen Horsens, Kristeligt Dagblad‎:
      Når vi alle til hobe er falske profeter, hvis liv modsiger den sande lære, som vi højlydt bekender, er det så ikke meningsløst at diskutere, hvad der er den sande tro?
      When we all together are false prophets, whose lives contradict the true doctrine which we profess loudly, isn't it meaningless to discuss which faith is the true one?
    • 1940, Sigurd Kristensen, Den første Skoleordning i Vejle Amt, in: Vejle Amts Aarbog, p. 12 / https://dis-danmark.dk/bibliotek/907342.pdf
      Han slukker altsaa dog ikke Kirkelysene af samme Grund, som han forbyder Julestuerne og Bondens Riden Sommer i By, der alt til Hobe var Djævelens Værk.
      So he doesn't put out the church candles for the same reason that he prohibits Christmas games and the town's summer peasant ride, which were all together the work of the Devil.

References

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