Uber - Wiktionary

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

English

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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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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈuːbə/, (Germanized) /ˈyːbə/
• (General American) IPA(key): /ˈuːbəɹ/
• Rhymes: -uːbə(ɹ)

Adjective

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uber (not comparable)

1. Super; high-level; high-ranking. Alternative form: über
   • 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
   • 2010 January 16, Nick Gillett, “This week's games reviews”, in The Guardian‎[1]:It's an orgy of perfectly choreographed cartoon uber violence and is the game the Devil May Cry series always promised but never delivered.
   • 2010 June 5, DD Gutenplan, “The Privileges by Jonathan Dee”, in The Guardian‎[2]:And while Adam himself is a little fuzzy around the edges – I know we Americans pride ourselves on our supposed social mobility, but the sons of union pipefitters don't generally grow up to be uber preppies, regardless of how much charm they can muster at after-work drinking sessions – the other characters are more convincing, especially Cynthia, an East Coast upper-class desperate housewife, who married Adam when they were both in their early twenties because "he makes me laugh and he makes me come", only to find herself driven to distraction (and psychotherapy) by the relentless banality of stay-at-home parenthood.

Derived terms

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• Uber
• uberfan
• ubernerd

Adverb

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uber (not comparable)

1. Very; super. Alternative form: über
   • 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)

Noun

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uber (plural ubers)

1. (sometimes proscribed) Alternative letter-case form of Uber, a rideshare journey, vehicle, or driver.

Verb

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uber (third-person singular simple present ubers, present participle ubering, simple past and past participle ubered)

1. (uncommon) Alternative letter-case form of Uber

Anagrams

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• buer, bure, ebru, erub, Bure, Rueb, rube, Rube, Brue, Reub

Betawi

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Pronunciation

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

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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• beru
• erbu
• rube

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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• “uber”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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.

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈuː.bɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuː.ber]

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).

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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• Aromanian: udzir, udzãri
• Franco-Provençal: uvro
• Friulian: luvri
• Galician: ubre
• Italian: uvero, ubero
• Portuguese: ubre, úbere
• Romanian: uger
• Romagnol: uver
• Romansch: iver, eiver, üver
• Sicilian: ùbbiru
• Spanish: ubre

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).

singular		plural
masc./fem.	neuter	masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	ūber		ūberēs	ūbera
genitive	ūberis		ūberum
dative	ūberī		ūberibus
accusative	ūberem	ūber	ūberīsūberēs	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.

Related terms

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• ūberō
• ūbertās
• ūbertim
• ūbertō

Descendants

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• Catalan: ubèrrim, ⇒ uberós
• Italian: ubere, uberrimo, ⇒ ubertoso
• ⇒ English: uberous

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.