Mobbing
German, noun/ˈmɔbɪŋ/
Mobbing is spelled M-O-B-B-I-N-G (7 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written German, the 11,404th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mobbing is a German neuter noun meaning “bullying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Psychoterror mit dem Ziel, den Betroffenen zur Aufgabe seines Arbeitsplatzes zu bewegen”.
What does Mobbing mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbullying
- 2
neutermobbing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Psychoterror mit dem Ziel, den Betroffenen zur Aufgabe seines Arbeitsplatzes zu bewegen 2. ständige Schikane, Quälerei und Verletzung eines Kollegen (Schule, Arbeitsplatz, Verein,…) 3. gemeinsamer Angriff mehrerer Tiere gegen einen überlegenen Feind
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 Mobbing
- Mobbings genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mobbing?
- /ˈmɔbɪŋ/
- [ˈmɔbɪŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Mobbing
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mobbing in German?
Mobbing appears 5.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).