von oben

Swedish

Alternative forms
  • von Oben

Etymology

From German von oben herab.

Adjective

von oben (comparative mer von oben, superlative mest von oben)

  1. haughty, condescending, full of oneself
    Han är ju rätt schysst och så, men lite von oben
    He's pretty nice and all, but a bit full of himself

Usage notes

Sometimes written "von Oben," with von taken as a nobiliary particle (it's intuitively obvious to native Swedish speakers that oben means above).

References
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