snobbe

snobbe

Danish

Noun

snobbe

Noun

snobbe

1. snob

Verb

snobbe (imperative snob, infinitive at snobbe, present tense snobber, past tense snobbede, perfect tense h snobbet)

1. to be snobbish
   • 2012, Leif Davidsen, Uhellige alliancer, Lindhardt og Ringhof (→ISBN)

     Charlotte havde været lys, slank, velklædt uden at snobbe, intelligent og effektiv.

     Charlotte had been light, slender, well-dressed without being snobbish, intelligent and efficient.

   • 1990, Synnøve Søe, No credit: roman

     ... når han var på No Credit, kunne man ikke mærke på ham, at han var et navn, han snobbede ikke og førte sig ikke frem.

     ... when he was at No Credit, you couldn't tell by him that he was famous, he was not snobbish, and he didn't make a big deal of himself.

2. to suck up
   • 2011, Maria Helleberg, Alberto, Rosinante & Co (→ISBN)

     Andersen føjede sig smidigt som vådt pileved, han bøjede sig altid for den stærkeste, han snobbede og kravlede og var til måde.

     Andersen acquiesced [possibly a typo for bøjede, "bent"] flexibly like wet willow wood, he always bowed for the strongest, he sucked up and crawled and was [unobtrusive?]