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German
Etymology
From Middle High German loben, from Old High German lobēn or lobōn.
Cognate with Old English lofian, Old Norse lofa, Low German löven, Dutch loven, Swedish lova. More at 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
Verb
loben (weak, third-person singular present lobt, past tense lobte, past participle gelobt, auxiliary haben)
- to praise
- Antonym: tadeln
2012, Hans-Ulrich Lüdemann, ICH - dann eine Weile nichts, page 128:
2013, Euripides, translated by J. A. Hartung, edited by Karl-Maria Guth, Iphigenie in Aulis, Sammlung Hofenberg im Verlag der Contumax GmbH, translation of Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Αὐλίδι [Iphigéneia en Aulídi] (in Ancient Greek), page 17:Ich lob es, Bruder, daß du mir ein wackres Wort
Und deiner würdiges wider mein Erwarten beutst!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 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):
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
loben (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Note: The first person singular indicative present active can colloquially also be lob' and lob.
Further forms:
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “loben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “loben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “loben” in Duden online
- “loben” in OpenThesaurus.de
Swedish
Noun
loben
- definite singular of lob