über

Meaning

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

über

Fribourg

Fribourg

ùber

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

über

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

iiber

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

iber

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

oob

Graubünden

Graubünden

übr

Lucerne

Lucerne

öber

Zürich

Zürich

öbbe

Aargau

Aargau

über

Zürich

Zürich

übere

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

üeber

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

über

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈyːbɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German über, from Old High German ubiri, ubari, from Proto-Germanic *ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér (ultimately from *upo + *-i). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”), Latin super (“above”). Akin to Dutch over, English over, Danish over, Norwegian over, Swedish över, Icelandic yfir, Faroese yvir.

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