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uber

See also: Uber, ueber, über, uber-, and über-

English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From German über- (“above”), which is used both as a preposition and a prefix; cognate with over. Entered English through Nietzsche's use of the word Übermensch. Doublet of over, super, and hyper.

Pronunciation edit

Or, imitating the German, /ˈjuːbə/, /ˈɪuːbə/, /ˈyːbə/.

Adjective edit

uber (not comparable)

  1. Super; high-level; high-ranking
    • 2006 February, GameAxis Unwired, number 30, page 4:
      people in Team GameAxis are no different from the rest of us although many would think them as uber geeks
    • 2008, Laura Levine, Killing Bridezilla:
      The fiasco begins with a call from Jaine's high-school nemesis, uber rich uber witch Patti Devane
    • 2009, J. F. Lewis, ReVamped, page 208:
      I laughed, a deep croaking noise in the uber vamp's body
    • 2009, Kurt Turrell, G.E.N.I.U.S. NOW: The Mastermind Blueprint, page 4:
      Moreover, this is a concrete venue for all businesses or organizations to champion a distinctive or necessary cause, and thereby secure “Uber Success” (off-the-charts results) for the future of their company or organization

Adverb edit

uber (not comparable)

  1. Very; super
    • 2008, Laura Levine, Killing Bridezilla:
      The fiasco begins with a call from Jaine's high-school nemesis, uber rich uber witch Patti Devane
    • 2009, Mark Driscoll with Gerry Breshears, Vintage Church: Timeless Truths and Timely Methods, page 268:
      Admittedly, churches do some incredibly goofy things when they pursue relevance for the sake of being uber hip and ultra cool. One pastor I know got so many piercings that he looked like a rack of lures at the Bass Pro Shop
    • 2010 April 29, “'Losers' minus one”, in Pasadena Weekly:
      The film's parallel story depicts Max (Jason Patric) as an uber powerful operative, barking wild orders at right-hand man Wade (Holt McCallany)

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Betawi edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

uber

  1. to chase

Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈubɛr]
  • Hyphenation: uber

Verb edit

uber

  1. second-person singular imperative of ubrat

Anagrams edit

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Betawi uber.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ubər/
  • Hyphenation: u‧ber

Verb edit

uber

  1. to chase

Further reading edit

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *ouðer, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”) (r/n-stem, with r made common to all cases). Cognates include Vedic Sanskrit ऊधर् (ū́dhar), Ancient Greek οὖθαρ (oûthar), Old English ūder, and modern English udder.

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Noun edit

ūber n (genitive ūberis); third declension

  1. (anatomy) a teat, pap, dug, udder, a lactating breast
    • 43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.117-121:
      huic fuit haedōrum māter fōrmōsa duōrum,
      inter Dictaeōs cōnspiciendā gregēs,
      cornibus āeriīs atque in sua terga recurvīs,
      ūbere, quod nūtrīx posset habēre Iovis,
      lac dabat illā deō.
      She had [a goat], a beautiful mother of two kids, a remarkable sight among the flocks of Dicte, with horns rising upwards and curving over her back, [and] with an udder, such as the wet-nurse of Jupiter would have; she was giving milk to the god.
      (See Amalthea (mythology).)
  2. richness, fruitfulness
    Synonyms: abundantia, cōpia, fertilitās, ūbertās, affluentia, magnitūdō
    Antonyms: dēficientia, cāritās, inopia

Declension edit

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ūber ūbera
Genitive ūberis ūberum
Dative ūberī ūberibus
Accusative ūber ūbera
Ablative ūbere ūberibus
Vocative ūber ūbera

Descendants edit

Adjective edit

ūber (genitive ūberis, comparative ūberior, superlative ūberrimus, adverb ūber or ūbertim); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)

  1. fruitful, productive
    Synonyms: fecundus, fertilis, frūgifer, opīmus, dīves, dītis
  2. copious, full, rich
    Synonyms: abundāns, cōpiōsus, largus, cumulātus, fēcundus
    Antonyms: vacuus, carēns, expers, viduus

Declension edit

Third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative ūber ūberēs ūbera
Genitive ūberis ūberum
Dative ūberī ūberibus
Accusative ūberem ūber ūberēs ūbera
Ablative ūberī ūberibus
Vocative ūber ūberēs ūbera

Adverb edit

ūber (comparative ūbius, superlative ūbissimē)

  1. fruitfully, copiously, plentifully
  2. (of style) fully, copiously

Usage notes edit

The positive form of the adverb is not attested in Classical Latin.

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References edit

  • “uber”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “uber”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • uber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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