uber

See also über, and uber-

English

Etymology

From German über

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːbə(r)

Adjective

uber (not comparable)

1. Super; high-level; high-ranking
   • 2006 February, GameAxis Unwired, 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, 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”, 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)

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewHdʰr̥-, *h₁owHdʰr̥-, *h₁uHdʰr̥- (“udder”). Cognates include Vedic Sanskrit ऊधर् (ū́dhar), Ancient Greek οὖθαρ (outhar), Old and modern English udder.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈuː.ber/

Noun

ūber (genitive ūberis); n, third declension

1. a teat, pap, dug, udder, a breast that gives suck.
2. richness, fruitfulness

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	ūber	ūbera
genitive	ūberis	ūberum
dative	ūberī	ūberibus
accusative	ūber	ūbera
ablative	ūbere	ūberibus
vocative	ūber	ūbera

Descendants

Aromanian: udzir, udzãre Italian: ubere, ubero Portuguese: úbere

Romanian: uger Romansch: iver, eiver, üver Spanish ubre

Adjective

ūber m, f, n, (genitive ūberis); third declension

1. fruitful, productive
2. copious, full, rich

Inflection

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	M.F.	N.		MM.FF.	NN.
nominative	ūber	ūber		ūberēs	ūberia
genitive	ūberis	ūberis		ūberium	ūberium
dative	ūberī	ūberī		ūberibus	ūberibus
accusative	ūberem	ūber		ūberēs	ūberia
ablative	ūberī	ūberī		ūberibus	ūberibus
vocative	ūber	ūber		ūberēs	ūberia

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 & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879