uber
See also: Uber, ueber, über, uber-, and über-
English
Alternative forms
- über
- ueber
Etymology
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
- Rhymes: -uːbə(ɹ)
Or, imitating the German, /ˈjuːbə/, /ˈɪuːbə/, /ˈyːbə/.
Adjective
uber (not comparable)
- 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
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Adverb
uber (not comparable)
- 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, 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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Anagrams
- Brue, Bure, Rube, Rueb, buer, bure, ebru, erub, rube
Betawi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ubər/
Verb
uber
- to chase
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈubɛr]
- Hyphenation: uber
Verb
uber
- second-person singular imperative of ubrat
Anagrams
- beru
- erbu
- rube
Indonesian
Etymology
From Betawi uber.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ubər/
- Hyphenation: u‧ber
Verb
uber
- to chase
Further reading
- “uber” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈuː.ber/, [ˈuːbɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.ber/, [ˈuːber]
Noun
ūber n (genitive ūberis); third declension
- (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).)
- 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.
- huic fuit haedōrum māter fōrmōsa duōrum,
- richness, fruitfulness
- Synonyms: abundantia, cōpia, fertilitās, ūbertās, affluentia, magnitūdō
- Antonyms: dēficientia, cāritās, inopia
Declension
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
- Aromanian: udzir, udzãri
- Franco-Provençal: uvro
- Friulian: luvri
- Galician: ubre
- Italian: ubere, ubero
- Portuguese: ubre, úbere
- Romanian: uger
- Romagnol: uver
- Romansch: iver, eiver, üver
- Sicilian: ùbbiru
- Spanish: ubre
Adjective
ūber (genitive ūberis, comparative ūberior, superlative ūberrimus, adverb ūber or ūbertim); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)
- fruitful, productive
- Synonyms: fecundus, fertilis, frūgifer, opīmus, dīves, dītis
- copious, full, rich
- Synonyms: abundāns, cōpiōsus, largus, cumulātus, fēcundus
- Antonyms: vacuus, carēns, expers, viduus
Declension
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
ūber (comparative ūbius, superlative ūbissimē)
- fruitfully, copiously, plentifully
- (of style) fully, copiously
Usage notes
The positive form of the adverb is not attested in Classical Latin.
Related terms
- ūberō
- ūbertās
- ūbertim
- ūbertō
Descendants
- English: uberous
References
- “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