no! mobbing and bullying are two different things in E

So what is your defintion of the word "mobing", if I may ask?

Concerning the english verb mobbing, here is the translation:
Dictionary: mob
and if you click on the i next to 'to mob', you will find the definition: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Di...
mob
Pronunciation:
\?mäb\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Latin mobile vulgus vacillating crowd
Date:
1688
1: a large or disorderly crowd; especially : one bent on riotous or destructive action2: the lower classes of a community : masses, rabble3chiefly Australian : a flock, drove, or herd of animals4: a criminal set : gang; especially often capitalized : mafia 15chiefly British : a group of people : crowd

But Emily, maxxpf's question at #2 was directed at the German use of the verb "mobben" and the noun "Mobbing", and as he says in #1 it's "seemingly English".

As far as I understand the word Germans use it to denote a form of, yes, bullying, often in a work situation where someone is "picked on" by a group of people. It seems to be a form of harassment.

As such it's not very close to the English use of "to mob" (e.g. "He was mobbed by photographers") at all.

A good candidate for the false friends list.

Group bullying and harassment seem to me to be two components of German "Mobben".