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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /uːbə/, (Germanicized) /ˈyːbə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /uːbɚ/
• Rhymes: -uːbə(ɹ)

Adjective

uber (not comparable)

1. 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

Adverb

uber (not comparable)

1. 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 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)

Derived terms

• Uber

Anagrams

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

Betawi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ubər/

Verb

uber

1. to chase

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈubɛr]
• Hyphenation: uber

Verb

uber

1. second-person singular imperative of ubrat

Anagrams

• beru
• erbu
• rube

Indonesian

Etymology

From Betawi uber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ubər/
• Hyphenation: u‧ber

Verb

uber

1. to chase

Further reading

• “uber” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — 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]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ber/, [ˈuːber]

Noun

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

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)

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

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)

1. fruitfully, copiously, plentifully
2. (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.