Ufer

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German uover, ūver, ūber, possibly from northern Old High German *uofar, but usually considered a borrowing from Middle Low German ōver, ȫver, from Old Saxon *ōvar, *ōvir, from Proto-Germanic *ōferaz. Cognate with Dutch oever, Low German Över, English over (shore, riverbank). The native High German word for “shore” is Gestade.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈuːfɐ/
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  • Hyphenation: Ufer

Noun

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Ufer n (strong, genitive Ufers, plural Ufer)

  1. shore, shoreline
    • 1913, Walther Kabel, Ein gefährliches Abenteuer, Georg E. Nagel, page 4:
      Die See lag wie ein Spiegel da, und nur hin und wieder rauschte eine Brandungswelle gegen das sandige Ufer.
      The sea lay there like a mirror, and only now and then a breaking wave swept against the sandy shore.
  2. (of a river) bank

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Ufer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Ufer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Ufer” in Duden online