uber

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

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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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)

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Betawi

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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uber

  1. to chase

Czech

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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uber

  1. second-person singular imperative of ubrat

Anagrams

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Betawi uber.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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uber

  1. to chase

Further reading

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Latin

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Etymology

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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

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ūber n (genitive ūberis); third declension

  1. (anatomy) a teat, pap, dug, udder, a lactating breast
    • 8 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

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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

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Adjective

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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

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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

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ūber (comparative ūbius, superlative ūbissimē)

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

Usage notes

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

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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.