über (notcomparable )
Alternative form ofuber .2010 February 28, Betsy Sharkey, “In James Cameron’s worlds, women lead the charge”, inLos Angeles Times [2] →ISSN →OCLC the original on2 November 2019 :The premise: Mankind’s survival is tethered to anüber mother figure.
über (notcomparable )
Alternative form ofuber .2012 June 8, Small Talk, quotingGraeme Swann , “Graeme Swann: 'I've got beautiful knees'”, inAlan Rusbridger , editor,The Guardian [5] Guardian News & Media ,→ISSN →OCLC the original on5 May 2021 :It's a stupid, talentless competition which isüber camp so they send Jedward.
2014 June 13, Ryan Ritchie, “Cachuma Lake Recreation Area in Santa Barbara fits your camping style”, inLos Angeles Times [6] →ISSN →OCLC the original on14 June 2014 :For theüber adventurous, individual tent sites are available.
FromMiddle High German über Old High German ubiri ubari Proto-Germanic *ubiri Proto-Indo-European *upéri *upér *upo *-i Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ( hupér ,“ above ” ) ,Latin super ( “ above ” ) ,Sanskrit उपरि ( upári ,“ above, upper ” ) ,Hindi ऊपर ( ūpar ,“ above, top, up ” ) ,Odia ଉପର ( upara ,“ above, up ” ) andPunjabi ਉੱਪਰ ( uppar ,“ above, top, up ” ) .Akin toDutch over Low German over över English over Danish over Norwegian over Swedish över Icelandic yfir Faroese yvir
IPA (key ) : /ˈyːbɐ/ ( standard ) IPA (key ) : /ˈʏbɐ/ ( per se western German, and Berlin to a lesser extent, but also elsewhere when unstressed ) über
[with accusative or dative above ,over ( spatially ) Über dem Wald ist der Himmel blau.Over the forest, the sky is blue.Die Vögel flogenüber den Wald. ―The birds flewover the forest. with accusative about ,concerning ,over ,at ( in reference to ) Die ganze Klasse lachteüber ihren Witz. ―The entire class laughedat her joke. with accusative via ,through ,by way of Der Zug fährtüber den Hauptbahnhof. ―The train goesvia the main station. Ich kaufe allesüber das Internet. ―I buy everythingthrough the internet. with accusative across Ich fahre mit der Fähreüber die Ostsee. ―I travel on the ferryacross the Baltic Sea. 2010 Der Spiegel [7] 24/2010 , page128 :Das Schiff legt an, und die Besucher steigen in einen weißen Bus, der sieüber die Insel fährt. The ship docks and the visitors step into a white bus, which drives themacross the island. 2012 June 29,Die Welt [8] the original on12 April 2013 , page22 :Die Popularität von Jeans reichtüber alle Altersklassen und soziale Schichten hinweg. The popularity of jeans extendsacross all age classes and social classes. with accusative during ,for ,over a time periodEs regneteüber das Wochenende. ―It rainedover the weekend. Er hat unsüber Jahre belogen. ―He's lied to usfor years. with accusative about , on thetopic ofIch schreibe ein Buchüber Goethes Leben. ―I'm writing a bookabout Goethe's life. around ,among over ,more than ,above ( a quantity ) beyond Die technischen Probleme in der Welt von heute gehen weitüber den Rahmen des Technischen hinaus. The technological problems in today's world extend farbeyond the scope of technology. at ( when 'over' or 'about' could roughly be substituted ) The prepositionüber is used with accusative case if the verb indicates movement from one place to another, whereas it is used with dative case if the verb indicates location. Pronominal adverbs ofüber
über ( predicative only )
( colloquial ) left over ,remaining ,replacesübrig predicative instances, including those lexicalized as verbprefixoids . überbleiben to be left over, to remain Hier sind noch zwei Gurken über. Willst du die haben? ―Here there are two gherkins left. Wanna have em? über
over ( in certain select phrases ) über undüber over andover über with accusative
throughout ; allthrough den ganzen Tagüber ―throughout the entire dayDer Sturm hatte die Nachtüber gewütet. ―The storm had ragedall through the night. 
