över
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Low German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Adverb
[edit]över
- over, above
- (postpositional) over (implying motion)
- remaining, left over
- (in compounds) excessively, more than
- passing by, going away
Preposition
[edit]över
Inflection
[edit]Pronominal adverbs of över
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Adverb
[edit]över (not comparable)
- above; more than
- Över femhundra kom
- More than five hundred came.
- (ball games) over the goal
- Han sköt bollen över.
- He shot the ball over the goal.
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “more than”): under
Derived terms
[edit]- överkurs (“advanced course; extra step; overevaluation”)
Preposition
[edit]över
- above
- over; across
- Det finns en bro över floden.
- There is a bridge over the river.
- over; about clothes worn over something else
- 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.
Synonyms
[edit]- (above): ovanför
Antonyms
[edit]Postposition
[edit]över
- over; all over
- Jag har sökt efter den landet över.
- I have searched for it all over the land.
Usage notes
[edit]Normally a preposition, this över is used as a postposition in the expression världen över = all over the world (cf. "the whole world over")
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