ebbe

See also: Ebbe

English

Adjective

ebbe (comparative ebber, superlative ebbest)

1. Obsolete form of ebb.

Danish

Etymology

From Dutch or German Ebbe.

Noun

ebbe c (singular definite ebben, plural indefinite ebbe)

1. low tide

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.bə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: eb‧be

Noun

ebbe n (plural ebbes, diminutive ebbetje n)

1. (archaic) alternative form of eb

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

ebbe

1. inflection of ebben:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛbːɛ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: eb‧be

Etymology 1

ez (“this”) +‎ -be (“into”). The z of the demonstrative pronoun assimilates with the -b of the suffix.

Pronoun

ebbe

1. illative singular of ez

See also

• abba

Hungarian pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (see also postpositions)

case	suffix	who?	what?	this	that	he/she (it)1	verbal prefix	category
nominative	–	ki	mi	ez	az	ő* / ∅ az / ∅	–	–
accusative	-t / -ot / -at / -et / -öt	kit	mit	ezt	azt	őt* / ∅ azt / ∅	–	c1 c2
dative	-nak / -nek	kinek	minek	ennek	annak	neki	neki-	category
instrumental	-val / -vel	kivel	mivel	ezzel/ evvel	azzal/ avval	vele		category
causal-final	-ért	kiért	miért	ezért	azért	érte	–	category
translative	-vá / -vé	kivé	mivé	ezzé	azzá	–	–	category
terminative	-ig	–	meddig	eddig	addig	–	–	category
essive-formal	-ként	(kiként)	(miként)	ekként	akként	–	–	category
essive-modal	-ul / -ül	–	–	–	–	–	–	category
inessive	-ban / -ben	kiben	miben	ebben	abban	benne	–	category
superessive	-n/-on/-en/-ön	kin	min	ezen	azon	rajta	(rajta-)	category
adessive	-nál / -nél	kinél	minél	ennél	annál	nála	–	category
illative	-ba / -be	kibe	mibe	ebbe	abba	bele	bele-	category
sublative	-ra / -re	kire	mire	erre	arra	rá	rá-	category
allative	-hoz/-hez/-höz	kihez	mihez	ehhez	ahhoz	hozzá	hozzá-	category
elative	-ból / -ből	kiből	miből	ebből	abból	belőle	–	category
delative	-ról / -ről	kiről	miről	erről	arról	róla	–	category
ablative	-tól / -től	kitől	mitől	ettől	attól	tőle	–	category

¹Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise.
Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns / edit this template

Etymology 2

eb (“dog”) +‎ -be (“into”)

Noun

ebbe

1. illative singular of eb

Italian

Etymology

From Latin habuit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛb.be/, /ˈeb.be/
• Rhymes: -ɛbbe, -ebbe
• Hyphenation: èb‧be, éb‧be

Verb

ebbe

1. third-person singular past historic of avere

Anagrams

• bebè

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *ebba, from Proto-West Germanic *abbjā, from Proto-Germanic *abjǭ.

Noun

ebbe f

1. ebb, low tide

   Antonym: vloet

Inflection

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	ebbe	ebben
accusative	ebbe	ebben
genitive	ebbe, ebben	ebben
dative	ebbe, ebben	ebben

Descendants

• Dutch: eb

Further reading

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “ebbe”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• eb

Etymology

From Old English ebba, from Proto-West Germanic *abbjā, *abbjō, from Proto-Germanic *abjô, *abjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛb(ə)/

Noun

ebbe

1. ebb, low tide
2. (figuratively) decrease, decline

Related terms

• ebben

Descendants

• English: ebb
• Scots: ebb

References

• “eb(be, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.