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Danish
Etymology
From to + an old dative (or genitive plural) of hob (“heap”), Calque of Middle Low German tō hōpe (“together”). Compare also Swedish ihop (“together”) and German zuhauf (“in large numbers”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
til hobe
- (archaic) together
- 1681, Thomas Kingo, in: Den Danske Salmebog, no. 46 / https://www.dendanskesalmebogonline.dk/salme/46
Sorrig og glæde de vandre til hobe.- Grief and joy go together.
1843, Søren Kierkegaard, Frygt og Bæven:Men da de begge vare indelukte tilhobe, opstod Tobias af Sengen og sagde: Staa op Søster!- But as they were both locked inside together, Tobias rose from the bed and said: Rise, sister!
- in the phrase alle til hobe (“altogether”)
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