von oben

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Swedish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German von oben herab.

Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

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

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