ob
ob - English
Noun
ob (plural obs)
- (historical) a halfpenny
Noun
ob (plural obs)
Coordinate terms
- (objection): sol
Anagrams
ob - Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈop]
Preposition
ob [+accusative]
Related terms
ob - German
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɔp/
Conjunction
ob
- (subordinating) Introduces an indirect question, a doubt. if, whether.
- ob ... oder ― if ... or
- Ich weiß nicht, ob sie krank ist.
- I don't know if she's sick
- Hast du sie gefragt, ob sie kommt?
- Did you ask her if she's coming?
- Ob das wirklich wahr ist?
- Is it really true?
- (conditional, obsolete, except in als ob) if, in case
Usage notes
A general trick to remember whether to use ob or wenn is that if whether could be used in the English sentence, then ob needs to be used in the German sentence.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɔp/ (German standard; Switzerland)
- IPA: /oːp/ (Austria; Bavaria)
Preposition
ob
- (formal, literary, + genitive; rare with dative) on account of
- Synonyms: angesichts, wegen
- (archaic or dialectal, + dative) over, above, on
- Synonym: über
Antonyms
Derived terms
- ob-
- obderennsisch
- Rothenburg ob der Tauber
ob - Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA: /ob/, [ɔb]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ob/, [ɔb]
Preposition
ob (+ accusative)
- in the direction of, to, towards
- on account of, according to, because of, due to, for (the purpose of)
- against; facing
Derived terms
ob - Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /op/
Adverb
ob
ob - Old Irish
Noun
ob f
- Alternative form of aub
ob - Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ob/
Pronoun
ob
- I (first-person singular, nominative)
Declension
nominative | genitive | dative | accusative | possessive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person | singular | ob | oba | obe | obi | obik | |
plural | obs | obas | obes | obis | obsik | ||
2nd person | familiar | singular | ol | ola | ole | oli | olik |
plural | ols | olas | oles | olis | olsik | ||
polite | singular | or | ora | ore | ori | orik | |
plural | ors | oras | ores | oris | orsik | ||
3rd person | m | singular | om | oma | ome | omi | omik |
plural | oms | omas | omes | omis | omsik | ||
f | singular | of | ofa | ofe | ofi | ofik | |
plural | ofs | ofas | ofes | ofis | ofsik | ||
n definite | singular | on | ona | one | oni | onik | |
plural | ons | onas | ones | onis | onsik | ||
n indefinite | singular | os | osa | ose | osi | osik | |
indefinite | singular | oy | oya | oye | oyi | oyik | |
reflexive | oneself | singular | ok | oka | oke | oki | okik |
plural | oks | okas | okes | okis | oksik | ||
each other | singular | od | oda | ode | odi | odik | |
plural | ods | odas | odes | odis | odsik |
ob - White Hmong
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ʔɒ˥/
Numeral
ob