uber
English
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.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uːbə(r)
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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Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈubɛr]
- Hyphenation: uber
Verb
uber
- second-person singular imperative of ubrat
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/, [ˈuː.bɛr]
Noun
ūber n (genitive ūberis); third declension
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
Adjective
ūber (genitive ūberis, comparative ūberior, superlative ūberrimus, adverb ūber or ūbertim); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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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.
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