See also: over, över, Över, øver, and över-

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Etymology

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From Middle English over-, from Old English ofer-, from Proto-Germanic *uber, from Proto-Indo-European *upér. Cognate with Dutch over-, German über-, Swedish över-, Welsh gor-, Spanish sobre-, Armenian վեր- (ver-), Persian ابر (abar-). Doublet of super-, sur-, and hyper-. More at over.

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over-

  1. Above, or higher.
    overbar, overlook
  2. Superior.
    overlord
  3. Excessive; excessively.
    overkind, overloud, overstate
  4. Surrounding or covering.
    overcoat, overpaint
  5. (augmentative) Exceptional; extremely or intensely.

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Comparison of relative combinations (two separate words, hyphenated or a single compound word) does not easily fit a pattern; terms become compound words as they are broadly accepted.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *ubar- (over-). Cognate with Dutch over-, German über-, English over-, Swedish över-. More at over.

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over-

  1. usually the same as over- in English.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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See over

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over-

  1. prepended to verbs; denotes that action takes place over the object
    Hij oversproeide de planten.
    He sprayed over the plants.
  2. prepended to verbs, nouns and adjectives; denotes that the action or state takes place excessively
    De man overeet zich.
    The man overeats.

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The second meaning is not shared by compounds with the adverb over.

Norwegian Bokmål

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over-

  1. usually the same as over- in English.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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over-

  1. usually the same as over- in English.

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