övre
Hungarian
editEtymology
editöv (“belt”) + -re (“onto”, case suffix)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editövre
Swedish
editAlternative forms
edit- öfre (obsolete since 1906)
Etymology
editAdjective
editövre
Usage notes
edit- In geographic names like Övre Volta (“Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso”), upper means higher, upstream. But there is no such meaning in övre Norrland.
- The word looks like a comparative form of över-övre-överst, but över is a preposition and not an adjective.
See also
editFurther reading
edit- övre in Svensk ordbok.