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. 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)
- 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)
- 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
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈubɛr]
- Hyphenation: uber
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ubər/
- Hyphenation: u‧ber
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 of 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
- (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).)
- 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.
- huic fuit haedōrum māter fōrmōsa duōrum,
- 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
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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.