över

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See also: over, Over, oever, Över, øver, over-, and över-

Low German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German över, from Old Saxon ovar, from Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber, from Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér, from *upo.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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över

  1. over, above
  2. (postpositional) over (implying motion)
  3. remaining, left over
  4. (in compounds) excessively, more than
  5. passing by, going away

Preposition

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över

  1. over
  2. about, concerning

Inflection

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Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish ivir, yvir, ø̄wer, from Runic Swedish ufiR, from Old Norse yfir, from Proto-Germanic *ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér, from *upo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈøːvɛr/, [ˈøə̯vɛ̠r]
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Adverb

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över (not comparable)

  1. above; more than
    Över femhundra kom
    More than five hundred came.
  2. (ball games) over the goal
    Han sköt bollen över.
    He shot the ball over the goal.

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of more than): under

Derived terms

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  • överkurs (advanced course; extra step; overevaluation)

Preposition

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över

  1. above
  2. over; across
    Det finns en bro över floden.
    There is a bridge over the river.
  3. over; about clothes worn over something else
  4. past; after the latest full hour or, if used in the phrase "fem över halv", the latest half-hour
    Antonym: i
    Middag börjar att serveras fem [minuter] över sex på kvällen.
    Dinner will begin to be served five [minutes] past six in the evening.

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Postposition

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över

  1. over; all over
    Jag har sökt efter den landet över.
    I have searched for it all over the land.

Usage notes

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Normally a preposition, this över is used as a postposition in the expression världen över = all over the world (cf. "the whole world over")

See also

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