See also: Ober and ober-

Breton

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Etymology

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Verbal noun from Old Breton oper, from Latin opera (cf. Cornish ober, Welsh gober). Inflected forms in gr- or gwr- are from Proto-Brythonic *gwrėɣɨd, from Proto-Celtic *wregeti, cognate with Welsh gwneud (older forms with initial gwr-) and Cornish gwul (all forms in gwr-).

Verb

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ober

  1. (transitive) to do, make
  2. (auxiliary) used as an auxiliary verb to conjugate any verb
    Gwerzhañ a ran ma zi hiziv.
    I sell my house today ("Sell I do my house today").

Usage notes

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  • All forms with initial gr- occur after the verbal particle (a, e) and mutate irregularly so that the initial g- disappears, e.g. a ran, e reomp instead of *a c'hran, *e c'hreomp. This oddity comes from the old forms in gwr-: the initial gw- was being lenited to w-, and then the -w- was dropped in both lenited and non-lenited forms.

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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ober

  1. second-person singular imperative of obrat

Dutch

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Etymology

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From German Ober, short for Oberkellner (head waiter). Compare Dutch kelner, which is also borrowed from German. In both Dutch and German, the distinction between ober/Ober and kelner/Kellner is now neglected.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈoːbər/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oːbər

Noun

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ober m (plural obers, diminutive obertje n)

  1. waiter
    Ober, mag ik de menukaart alstublieft?Waiter, may I have the menu please?
    De obers waren druk bezig met het serveren van de gasten.The waiters were busy serving the guests.
    Dat obertje was erg behulpzaam en vriendelijk.That young waiter was very helpful and friendly.

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German

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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ober [with dative]

  1. (Austria, South Tyrol) over, above
    Synonym: oberhalb
    Ober der Eingangstür hängt ein Schild.
    Over the entrance door there's a sign hanging.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Ober.

Noun

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ober m (plural oberi)

  1. (dated) head waiter

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From German Ober.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ǒːber/
  • Hyphenation: o‧ber

Noun

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óber m (Cyrillic spelling о́бер)

  1. (regional, Kajkavian, dated) waiter

References

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  • ober” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Silesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Czech obr.

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Noun

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ober m pers

  1. giant
    Synonym: gigant
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Further reading

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  • Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “ober”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 192