övver
Limburgish
Alternative forms
- euver (widespread variant)
Etymology
From Middle Low German over, from Old Saxon ovar, from Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber, from Proto-Indo-European *upér, from *upo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈø.vəʀ/
- Hyphenation: öv‧ver
- Rhymes: -øvəʀ
Adverb
övver
- (Eupen) over, above
- (Eupen, postpositional) over (implying motion)
- (Eupen) remaining, left over
- Hatte noch gädd övver?
- Does he have something left over?
Antonyms
- (over): aunder
Preposition
övver
- (Eupen, accusative or dative) above, over (spatially)
- (Eupen) about, concerning, over, at (in reference to)
- (Eupen, accusative) via, through, by way of
- (Eupen, accusative) across
- (Eupen, accusative) during, for, over a time period
- (Eupen, accusative) about
Usage notes
- The preposition övver is used with accusative case if the verb shows movement from one place to another, whereas it is used with dative case if the verb shows location.
- The preposition övver triggers the d/g-switch in definite articles that immediately follow the preposition.
Related terms
- övver-