jobb

• IPA^(key): /dʒɔp/

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• Homophone: Job

jobb

1. singular imperative of jobben

• IPA^(key): [ˈjobː]

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• Rhymes: -obː

jó +‎ -bb

jobb

1. comparative degree of jó (“good”), better

   Antonym: rosszabb

   Most jobb munkám van. ― I have a better job now.

jobb (not comparable)

1. construed with szeretne in any person and tense: alternative form of jobban (“more, rather, preferably”)

   Jobb szeretnék hazamenni. ― I’d rather go home. (literally, “I would preferably like to…”)

Lexicalization of jó (“good”) +‎ -bb (comparative-degree suffix).^[1]

jobb

2. right (antonym of left)

   Antonym: bal

   jobb kéz ― right hand

jobb (plural jobbok)

2. right hand

   jobbját nyújtja ― offer one’s right hand

4. right foot

• (better): jobb , redirecting to jó in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (right [side]): jobb in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

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From English job.

jobb m (definite singular jobben, indefinite plural jobber, definite plural jobbene)

1. job, work, employment

• arbeid
• virk

• jobbintervju
• kjempejobb
• småjobb

• jobbe

jobb

1. imperative of jobbe

• “jobb” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From English job.

jobb m (definite singular jobben, indefinite plural jobbar, definite plural jobbane)

1. job, work, employment

• jobbintervju
• kjempejobb
• småjobb

• “jobb” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From English job.

• IPA^(key): /jɔbː/

jobb n

1. job; a task

   Synonyms: arbete, göra, knog, syssla, uppgift

2. job; economic role for which a person is paid

   Synonyms: anställning, arbete, (colloquial) kneg, tjänst, yrke

   Har du skaffat ett jobb än?

   Have you gotten a job yet?

   att bli av med jobbet ― to lose one's job

3. a place of work; place where the work performed as part of an employment takes place

   Synonym: arbetsplats

   Jag är på jobbet just nu.

   I'm at work right now.

4. (dated, somewhat condescending) speculation; investments with higher than normal risks

• jobba
• jobbig

• jobb in Svensk ordbok.