Contionary:über

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Jorvanian

Etymology

From Middle High German über, from Old High German ubiri, ubari, from Proto-Germanic *ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér (ultimately from *upo + *-i). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”), Latin super (“above”).

Preposition

über

  1. above, over
    Über il ġaba, il čjelo es blù.Over the forest, the sky is blue.
    I àvi fligano über il čjelo. ― The birds fly over the sky.
  2. across
    Ij vjaǧǧo in ferjata über il mar, ― I travel on the ferry across the sea.
  3. over, more than, above (a quantity)