Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Alternative forms
- 1.2 Etymology 1
- 1.2.1 Adjective
- 1.3 Etymology 2
- 1.3.1 Adjective
- 1.3.2 Noun
- 1.3.3 Noun
- 1.4 Etymology 3
- 1.4.1 Noun
- 1.5 See also
- 1.6 Anagrams
- 2 Danish
- 2.1 Verb
- 2.2 Adjective
- 2.3 Proper noun
- 3 German
- 3.1 Pronunciation
- 3.2 Etymology 1
- 3.2.1 Contraction
- 3.3 Etymology 2
- 3.3.1 Verb
- 4 Norwegian Nynorsk
- 4.1 Etymology
- 4.2 Pronunciation
- 4.3 Adjective
- 4.4 References
- 4.5 Anagrams
- 5 Swedish
- 5.1 Verb
- 5.2 Anagrams
- 6 Volapük
- 6.1 Pronoun
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- obs. (especially in the sense "obsolete")
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
obs
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
obs
- Clipping of observed
Noun[edit]
obs (uncountable)
- (law enforcement, slang) Police observation.
- Synonym: obbo
2017, Jimmy Donnelly, Jimmy The Weed: Inside the Quality Street Gang:
But I now knew I was under obs by the Gardai as well as by GMP.
2018, Paige Elizabeth Turner, Clock Face of Ills:
Had you under obs for three weeks.
- An observation hut.
Noun[edit]
obspl (plural only)
- (medicine) Observation(s) (blood pressure, temperature, etc).
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
obs
See also[edit]
- obs and gynae (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Verb[edit]
obs
- Abbreviation of observér (“nota bene”).
Adjective[edit]
obs
- (predicative, chiefly with på) attentive, careful
at være obs på det
- to pay attention to it
Proper noun[edit]
obs
- Acronym of Oplysninger til Borgerne om Samfundet.
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Contraction[edit]
obs
- Contraction of ob es.
1843, Brothers Grimm, “Fundevogel”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1[1], 5th edition, page 298:
Es war einmal ein Förster, der gieng in den Wald auf die Jagd, und wie er in den Wald kam, hörte er schreien, als obs ein kleines Kind wäre, und gieng dem Schreien nach, da sah er endlich einen hohen Baum, und oben darauf saß ein kleines Kind.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
obs
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
obs (singular and plural obs)
- (predicative, chiefly with på) attentive, aware, careful
å vera obs på det
- to be aware of it
References[edit]
- “obs” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Verb[edit]
obs
- Abbreviation of observera (“nota bene”).
Anagrams[edit]
Volapük[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
obs
- we (first-person plural, nominative) (nominative plural of ob)
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