von oben
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From German von oben herab.
Adjective edit
von oben (comparative mer von oben, superlative mest von oben)
- haughty, condescending, full of oneself
- Han är ju rätt schysst och så, men lite von oben
- He's pretty nice and all, but a bit full of himself
Usage notes edit
Sometimes written "von Oben," with von taken as a nobiliary particle (it's intuitively obvious to native Swedish speakers that oben means above).