hoben

See also: höben

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish joven.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ho‧ben
  • IPA(key): /ˈhoben/

Adjective

hoben

  1. young; junior
    Synonyms: aki, akos
    Antonym: gurang

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German hōpen, the oblique form of hōp(e), see hob. Compare German ein Haufen (“loads of”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hoːˀbən/, [ˈhoˀb̥m̩]

Noun

hoben (uninflected)

  1. lots of, loads of (normally with the indefinite article and a following appositional noun)
    Der var en hoben mennesker på gaderne.
    There were loads of people in the streets.
  2. (rare) heap
    • 1992, radio broadcast from Danmarks Radio, quoted after Den Danske Ordbog:
      Alle hans penge, de lå i en stor hoben foran Mads Speiser.
      Alle his money was lying in a buge heap before Mads Speiser.

German

Pronunciation
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Verb

hoben

  1. first/third-person plural preterite of heben

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse höfuðbendur[1].

Noun

hoben m (oblique plural hobens, nominative singular hobens, nominative plural hoben)

  1. (nautical) shroud

Descendants
  • French: hauban

References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “höfuðbendur”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 218
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