ober

See also: Ober and ober-

Breton

Etymology

Verbal noun from Old Breton oper, from Latin opera (cf. Cornish ober, Welsh gober). Inflected forms in gr- or gwr-, itself from Proto-Celtic *wregeti, cognate with Welsh gwneud (older forms with initial gwr-) and Cornish gwul (all forms in gwr-).

Verb

ober

  1. (transitive) to do, make
  2. (auxiliary) used as an auxiliary verb to conjugate any verb
    Gwerzhañ a ran ma zi hiziv.
    I sell my house today ("Sell I do my house today").

Usage notes
  • All forms with initial gr- occur after the verbal particle (a, e) and mutate irregularly so that the initial g- disappears, e.g. a ran, e reomp instead of *a c'hran, *e c'hreomp. This oddity comes from the old forms in gwr-: the initial gw- was being lenited to w-, and then the -w- was dropped in both lenited and non-lenited forms.

Conjugation
Conjugation of ober
Personal forms
Indicative Conditional Imperative
Present Imperfect Preterite Future Present Imperfect
1s gran graen gris grin grafen grajen -
2s grez graes grejout gri grafes grajes gra
3s gra grae greas gray, graio grafe graje graet
1p greomp graemp grejomp graimp grafemp grajemp greomp
2p grit graec'h grejoc'h greot grafec'h grajec'h grit
3p greont graent grejont graint grafent grajent graent
0 greer graed grejod greor grafed grajed -
Impersonal forms Mutated forms
Infinitive ober, gober Soft mutation after a a ra-
Present participle oc'h ober Mixed mutation after e e ra-
Past participle graet (auxiliary verb: kaout) Soft mutation after ne/na ne/na ra-

Alternative forms

Derived terms
  • ober goap

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈobɛr]
  • Rhymes: -obɛr
  • Hyphenation: ober

Verb

ober

  1. second-person singular imperative of obrat

Dutch

Etymology

From German Ober, short for Oberkellner (“head waiter”). Compare Dutch kelner, which is also borrowed from German. In both Dutch and German, the distinction between ober/Ober and kelner/Kellner is now neglected.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈoːbər/
  • audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -oːbər

Noun

ober m (plural obers, diminutive obertje n)

  1. waiter
    Ober, mag ik de menukaart alstublieft? ― Waiter, may I have the menu please?
    De obers waren druk bezig met het serveren van de gasten. ― The waiters were busy serving the guests.
    Dat obertje was erg behulpzaam en vriendelijk. ― That young waiter was very helpful and friendly.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Preposition

ober

  1. (Austria, South Tyrol) over, above
    Synonym: oberhalb
    Ober der Eingangstür hängt ein Schild.
    Over the entrance door there's a sign hanging.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ober.

Noun

ober m (plural oberi)

  1. (dated) head waiter

Declension
Declension of ober
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ober oberul (niște) oberi oberii
genitive/dative (unui) ober oberului (unor) oberi oberilor
vocative oberule oberilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Ober.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ǒːber/
  • Hyphenation: o‧ber

Noun

óber m (Cyrillic spelling о́бер)

  1. (regional, Kajkavian, dated) waiter

References
  • “ober” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech obr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔbɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ɔbɛr
  • Syllabification: o‧ber

Noun

ober m pers

  1. giant
    Synonym: gigant
noun

Further reading
  • Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “ober”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 192
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