övre

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See also: oevre and oevré

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

öv (“belt”) +‎ -re (“onto”, case suffix)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈøvrɛ]
  • Hyphenation: öv‧re

Noun[edit]

övre

  1. sublative singular of öv

Swedish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • öfre (obsolete since 1906)

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse øfri, efri.

Adjective[edit]

övre

  1. upper
    övre våningen
    upper floor
  2. northern
    övre Norrland
    northern Norrland

Usage notes[edit]

  • In geographic names like Övre Volta (“Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso”), upper means higher, upstream. But there is no such meaning in övre Norrland.
  • The word looks like a comparative form of över-övre-överst, but över is a preposition and not an adjective.

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