UrsprungFrom German Pöbel, from Old French pueple, from Latin populus. Attested since 1734. Cognate of Danish pøbel, French peuple.
- common-gendermob, rabble (disorderly, often angry crowd (made up of common people), in a not necessarily derogatory sense)
“En arg pöbel hade samlats utanför mitt hus” — An angry mob had gathered outside my house
Formerpöbel(indefinite, nominative, singular) · pöbels(genitive, indefinite, singular) · pöbeln(definite, nominative, singular) · pöbelns(definite, genitive, singular) · -(indefinite, nominative, plural) · -(genitive, indefinite, plural) · -(definite, nominative, plural) · -(definite, genitive, plural)