över
Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon ovar, from Proto-Germanic *uber, from Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér, from *upo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈøːvɛr/
Adverb
över
Swedish
Alternative forms
- öfver (obsolete since 1906)
Etymology
From Old Norse yfir, from Proto-Germanic *ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér, from *upo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈøːvɛr/
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Adverb
över (not comparable)
- above; more than
- Över femhundra kom
- More than five hundred came.
- (ball games) over the goal
- Han sköt bollen över.
- He shot the ball over the goal.
Preposition
över
Postposition
över
- over; all over
- Jag har sökt efter den landet över.
- I have searched for it all over the land.
Usage notes
Normally a preposition, this över is used as a postposition in the expression världen över = all over the world (cf. "the whole world over")
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