über.
[with accusative or dative] above, over (spatially)
Meaning & usage
[with accusative or dative] above, over (spatially)
Über dem Wald ist der Himmel blau.
Die Vögel flogen über den Wald.
[with accusative] about, concerning, over, at (in reference to)
Die ganze Klasse lachte über ihren Witz.
[with accusative] via, through, by way of
Der Zug fährt über den Hauptbahnhof.
Ich kaufe alles über das Internet.
[with accusative] across
Ich fahre mit der Fähre über die Ostsee.
[with accusative] during, for, over (a time period)
Es regnete über das Wochenende.
Er hat uns über Jahre belogen.
[with accusative] about, on the topic of
Ich schreibe ein Buch über Goethes Leben.
around, among
[with accusative] over, more than, above (a quantity)
Die Kiste wiegt über hundert Kilo!
[with accusative] beyond (especially emphasized with hinaus)
Die technischen Probleme in der Welt von heute gehen weit über den Rahmen des Technischen hinaus.
at (when 'over' or 'about' could roughly be substituted)
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German über, from Old High German ubiri, ubari, from Proto-Germanic *ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér (ultimately from *upo + *-i). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”), Latin super (“above”), Sanskrit उपरि (upári, “above, upper”), Hindi ऊपर (ūpar, “above, top, up”), Odia ଉପର (upara, “above, up”) and Punjabi ਉੱਪਰ (uppar, “above, top, up”). Akin to Dutch over, Low German over, över, English over, Danish over, Norwegian over, Swedish över, Icelandic yfir, Faroese yvir.
throughout; all through
den ganzen Tag über
Der Sturm hatte die Nacht über gewütet.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German über, from Old High German ubiri, ubari, from Proto-Germanic *ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér (ultimately from *upo + *-i). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”), Latin super (“above”), Sanskrit उपरि (upári, “above, upper”), Hindi ऊपर (ūpar, “above, top, up”), Odia ଉପର (upara, “above, up”) and Punjabi ਉੱਪਰ (uppar, “above, top, up”). Akin to Dutch over, Low German over, över, English over, Danish over, Norwegian over, Swedish över, Icelandic yfir, Faroese yvir.
left over, remaining, replaces übrig in all its predicative instances, including those lexicalized as verb prefixoids.
überbleiben
Hier sind noch zwei Gurken über. Willst du die haben?
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German über, from Old High German ubiri, ubari, from Proto-Germanic *ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér (ultimately from *upo + *-i). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”), Latin super (“above”), Sanskrit उपरि (upári, “above, upper”), Hindi ऊपर (ūpar, “above, top, up”), Odia ଉପର (upara, “above, up”) and Punjabi ਉੱਪਰ (uppar, “above, top, up”). Akin to Dutch over, Low German over, över, English over, Danish over, Norwegian over, Swedish över, Icelandic yfir, Faroese yvir.
over (in certain select phrases)
über und über
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German über, from Old High German ubiri, ubari, from Proto-Germanic *ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér (ultimately from *upo + *-i). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”), Latin super (“above”), Sanskrit उपरि (upári, “above, upper”), Hindi ऊपर (ūpar, “above, top, up”), Odia ଉପର (upara, “above, up”) and Punjabi ਉੱਪਰ (uppar, “above, top, up”). Akin to Dutch over, Low German over, över, English over, Danish over, Norwegian over, Swedish över, Icelandic yfir, Faroese yvir.
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