Jobbet

Jobbet is a term that appears in several Scandinavian languages as the definite form of the noun jobb, meaning job or work. In Swedish and Norwegian, jobb denotes employment or a particular task, and jobbet functions as “the job”—the specific job already known from context or previously mentioned.

Usage context: The definite form helps distinguish a specific job from an indefinite reference. As such, jobbet can be found in sentences that refer to a known job, a job in a particular organization, or a previously discussed position. The exact morphology can vary by language and dialect, but the general pattern is the addition of a definite article–like suffix to the base noun.

Etymology: The noun jobb is cognate with the English job and related to older Germanic terms for work. The suffix -et is a common way to mark definiteness in these languages for certain masculine or neuter nouns.

Other uses: Outside ordinary speech, jobbet may appear as a proper name in some contexts—such as surnames or place names—though such uses are not common and depend on regional spelling.

See also: Job; Work; Employment.