mobben
German, verb/ˈmɔbən/
mobben is spelled M-O-B-B-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,845th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mobben is a German verb meaning “to bully” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Person in der Öffentlichkeit schikanieren, intrigieren oder terrorisieren”.
What does mobben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bully
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Person in der Öffentlichkeit schikanieren, intrigieren oder terrorisieren
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mobben
- mobbt present singular third-person
- mobbte past
- gemobbt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- mobbend participle present
- mobbe first-person indicative present
- mobbst indicative present second-person
- mobbest second-person singular subjunctive
- mobbet plural second-person subjunctive
- mobbten first-person indicative plural
- mobbtest indicative preterite second-person
- mobbtet indicative plural preterite
- mobb imperative second-person singular
- habe gemobbt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gemobbt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- mobb! imperative singular
- mobbe! imperative singular
- mobbt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mobben?
- /ˈmɔbən/
- [ˈmɔbm̩]
- [ˈmɔbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mobben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mobben in German?
mobben appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).