Lob

See also: lob and LOB

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Lob (plural Lobs)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Lob is the 137327^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 122 individuals. Lob is most common among White (87.7%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lob”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 450.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German lop, from Old High German lob. Cognate with Old English lof, Dutch lof, Swedish lov. More at lofe.

The noun Lob is related to the verb loben. It is not clear if the noun is derived from the verb or vice versa.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /loːp/
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Noun

Lob n (strong, genitive Lobes or Lobs, plural Lobe)

praise

Declension

Declension of Lob [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Lob	die	Lobe
genitive	eines	des	Lobes, Lobs	der	Lobe
dative	einem	dem	Lob, Lobe¹	den	Loben
accusative	ein	das	Lob	die	Lobe

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Eigenlob
Feindeslob
Fremdlob
Gotteslob
Lehrerlob
Leistungslob
Liebeslob
Lobeserhebung
Lobeshymne
Lobeswort
Lobeswort
Lobgedicht
Lobgesang
Lobgier
Lobhudelei
Loblied
Lobpreis
Lobpreisung
Lobrede
lobsingen
Lobspruch
Schülerlob
Schullob
Selbstlob
Sonderlob

References

Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Lob”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading

“Lob” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Lob” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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